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PORTRAIT (3F RENE ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR 
DE LA SALLE. 

FROM AN EDITION OF 1 688. 



THE SHIP-YARD 



OF THE 



GRIFFON, 



A BRIGANTINE BUILT BY RENE ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE 



LA salle:, 



IN THE YEAR 1679. ABOVE THE FALLS OF NIAGARA. 



THIS VESSEL SAILED FOR THE WESTERN LAKES IN AUGUST OF THE SAME 

YEAR, AND WAS LOST ON ITS RETURN VOYAGE IN THE SEPTEMBER 

EQUINOCTIAL FOLLOWING, BETWEEN WASHINGTON ISLAND 

AND MACKINAW, ON LAKE MICHIGAN. 



SOME DIFFERENCE OF OPINION HAVING ARISEN BY A LATE REFERENCE TO 
THE PLACE WHERE THIS VESSEL WAS BUILT AND LAUNCHED. THIS IS 
ISSUED IN REPLY. IT CONTAINS ALL STATEMENTS THAT HIS- 
TORIANS AND OTHERS HAVE MADE (AS FAR AS KNOWN TO 
THE COMPILER) REGARDING THE SUBJECT. 



ILLUSTRATED BY VIEWS AND MAPS, ANCIENT AND MODERN, 

TOGETHER WITH THE MOST COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HENNEPIN THAT 

HAS EVER BEEN MADE IN ANY ONE LIST, AND CONTAINING SOME 

EDITIONS NOT MENTIONED BY SABIN AND OTHER AUTHORITIES. 



BY CYRUS KINGSBURY REMINGTON. 



BUFFALO, N. V., U. S. A.: 
1S91. 




Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1891, by 

CYRUS KINGSBURY REMINGTON, 
In the office of tlie Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



Press of J. W. Clement, Buttalo, N. Y. 



A 



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TO MY FRIEND .... 

FRANK HAYWARD SEVERANCE, 

EDITOR OF THE ILLUSTRATED BUFFALO EXPRESS, 

A CO-WORKER IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH, ESPECIALLY OF THIS 
PORTION OF OUR COUNTRY; AND TO WHOM THE WRITER 
HAS OFTEN BEEN INDEBTED FOR ATTENTIONS, IS THIS STORY 
OF THE BIRTH-PLACE OF LA SALLE'S VESSEL, THE "GRIFFON," 
INSCRIBED 

FEBRUARY 14th, 1891. 



PREFACE. 



Ill the Illustrated Express of this city, date of January 26, 1S90, I had 
the ])rivilege, in an article, of showing a location supjjosed by me to be 
the place where the vessel of La Salle, the ''Griffon," was constructed in 
the year 1679, and by which agentry he intended to explore the Western 
Lakes, and if possible to find an outlet by water to China and the Indies. 
Since its publication I have been in receipt of several communications 
regarding this and other supposed sites. There being such a diversity of 
opinion, I have determined to re-write the article, in part, adding all the 
knowledge regarding this subject that I have been able to obtain from any 
source and in full, in order now to definitely determine the site, as the 
march of improvement is rai)idly nearing this particular spot, and in a few 
years the few historical places of this section will have been entirely 
obliterated. This explanation, with the title page, gives sufficient reason 
for the appearance of this book. 

A word as to the Bibliography at the end, for to be exact, La Salle, 
sejiarate from Hennepin, should not be included in the Bibliography of 
the latter ; but in history the two persons are so closely allied that it seems 
natural and projjer that the works treating of each, historical or legendary, 
should become as one. Upon this idea, they have been included in the 
list. As a matter of reference it is to be hoped that it may prove a help 
to the student of the history of those pioneers in the New France. 

In making up this reference list, which is admitted to be still incomplete, 
the following have been consulted : Mr. Joseph Sabin's valuable Index; 



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Dr. John (^ilmary Shea's list ; Mr. AVilliam F. Poole's Index of Periodi- 
cal I^iterature ; Articles on Hennepin and La Salle, in X'olmne four of 
Mr. Jnstin AVinsor's " Narrative anil Critical History of America," to- 
gether with other references as noted, confirming the same as fiir as possi- 
ble, with those in my possession, such being marked in the list with a star. 
The references to La Salic, in the " Narrative and Critical History," 
have not been (|uoted in full, as by so doing it w'ould have extendetl the 
original limit of this work. 



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rORTRAir, FROM FRONTICE IN EDITION OF 1702. 



TO LA SALLE'S MEMORY. 



A MONUMENT WHERE THE GRIFFON WAS BUILT. 



A CHAPTER OF HISTORY WITH A LOCAL PURPOSE— AN ANCIENT ENGRAVING 
CONTRASTED WITH A MODERN VIEW. 



The student of the early history of that portion of this 
country which borders upon the St. Lawrence and western 
chain of lakes, finds no names more indelibly connected with it 
than those of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, his ally. 
Chevalier Henry de Tonty and Father Louis Hennepin, the 
missionary and spiritual adviser. At Fort Frontenac and vi- 
cinity, also during his exploration on the Mississippi until his 
assassination upon the Trinity River in March, 1687, he 
evinced that indomitable will which has ever been allied to 
success. 

La Salle was born at Rouen, in 1643, and was of an old and 
respected family. His father was a well-to-do merchant, and 
occupied an honorable place in the gift of the state. " La 
Salle " was the title of the estate held by the family and was 
bestowed upon him, as was often done to members of families 
of standing, as a distinguished mark of esteem. Many per- 
sons have thus in after life been known by a different name 
from that received in baptism, and which they have made 
famous or infamous ; in the case of Robert Cavelier, it was 
the former, for the name of La Salle will always in this por- 
tion of the new world be held in admiration. 



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As a youth La Salle evinced an aptitude for the higher 
branches of mathematics, and at an early age conceived a pre- 
dilection for the priesthood and was for a period employed as 
a teacher. Although he respected the order with which he 
^vas connected, yet his youthful spirit would not brook the 
single line of duty as marked, without any thought on his 
part. Self-willed and ambitious, his nature was too intracta- 
ble to bend implicitly to its stern decrees. His ambition was 
also above the daily routine duties of a merchant, or servitor 
at court. 

The intense longing for adventure in those days of discov- 
ery and concjuest was further fanned into Hamc when the 
fabulous tales of nature's abundance in the newly-discovered 
countries were recited by the returned adventurers. In addi- 
tion, an elder brother was a priest in the New France ; to him 
he came, not however without a settled purpose for future 
explorations, as he undoubtedlv began to study the features 
of the countr}', habits of the Indians, and their different dia- 
lects. 

The priests of Saint Sulpicc, to which order his brother 
belonged, wishing to strengthen their line ol defense against 
the predatory tribes of Indians, s(jld to actual settlers lands 
upon easy terms, and La Salle was offered a large tract near 
the rai)ids of La Chine, several miles distant from Montreal. 
Having his object still in view, notwithstanding his apparent 
indifference, he courted the visits of the Irorpiois, and was 
told h\ them of the \'ast tract of c:ountry lying lo the west, 
and which was traversed by an immense river, whose mouth 
could only be reached by journeys ot many months. These 
stories were undoubtedlv embellished by the narrators when 
they ])erceived the effect u{)()n their listener, and they only 
served to fire his determination to immediate action. Dream- 
ing of this western passage which might lead to China, and 
ambitious of proving it, he sold his possessions for enough to 
buy a few canoes and the necessary supplies, and hiring a 
dozen men to navigate them he started for the great region of 
the unknown West, in 1670. After his exploration had pre- 
sented to him the absurdity of the theory of the great western 



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river, antl had disclosed tlie fact of its having a southern 
tendency, he then thought to be able to find its outlet, build 
defenses at its mouth, and take possession of the territory in 
the name of France. But with all this, Canada, to his mind 
must still be the outlet of tiie great fur-bearing region, and to 
obtain this end some one of influence there must be identified 
witJ! him in the project. This he found in the person ol 
Count Frontenac, who had lately been appointed Governor of 
Canada (1673) and who at tiiis time had his attention also 
turned towards the western region. Hearing of this, La Salle 
entei"ed heartilv into the project; entireh' destitute of funds, 
but filled with the delights of having an ail\- so powerful, he 
at once joined with him. 

The antipathy which the liO([U()is possessed toward the 
French in consequence of the latter occujtN ing their hunting 
and fishing territory, and the desire ot the French to obtain 
control of the fur trade of the upper countr\- of the Lakes, 
together with an attack up(jn them bv the Indians, some time 
previous, had instigated Courcelle, the former governor, to 
petition the King for a fort upon Lake Ontario; l^ut Fronte- 
nac, being a man of energy, started in to anticipate any tardv 
grant, and under the guise ol making a tcnir ot the countr\' in 
that vicinity, he in June, 1673, left Montreal with a retinue, 
visited the place designefl tor the lort, held a grand reception 
loi- the natives, and when the engineers had ([uietly marked 
the ground, commenced to cut down trees, and before the 
astonished Indians had comprehended these maneuvers, j)ali- 
sades had been driven and cpiite a respectable structure of a 
lort had been erected of logs. The Governor told them that 
all these prei)arations were solely for their benefit, that this 
was a store-house where at all times they c(3uld bu\' their ])ro- 
visions, without the necessity of traveling liundreds ol miles, 
as heretofore. Following the erection of this fort the 
opponents of Frontenac forwarded petitions to the King to 
have it demolished, and it was only after T^a Salle, in i(")74, had 
gone to France in order to [)resent the lacts in the case to the 
Kinir, that it was allowed to stand. 



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During his visit La Salle made such an impression that his 
petitions were granted : first, to reimburse the governor the 
cost of the fort, and also to maintain it at his charge with a 
sufficient garrison, also to form around it a colony of French, 
and support a Recollect friar in proportion to the population. 
These offers were accepted. The King also conferred upon 
La Salle the rank of noble, granted him the fort and lands 
surrounding the same, subject always to the jurisdiction of the 
governor of the province. 

Thus we see him as a prosperous proprietor, and if he had 
been content to continue as such, throwing aside all further 
ambition as an explorer, he would thereafter have been known 
in history as a trader. 

As soon as prosperity comes to a person then commences 
persecution, and La Salle was not an exception, for after 
numerous trials and petty artifices to entrap him and lure him 
to commit himself, so that occasion could be found against 
him, he was again, in 1677, obliged to visit France to maintain 
his rights. His mission on this occasion, as before, was 
entirely successful, as King Louis of France, on the 12th day 
of May, 1678, granted in addition a patent " to discover all the 
western part of New Finance, through which a way may be 
found into Mexico, under the same conditions as of Fort Fron- 
tenac in 1675," While in France he obtained considerable 
money to enable him to carry out these explorations. The 
Prince de Conti recommended Henry de Tonty, an Italian, as 
a valuable assistant in the work, together with La Motte de 
Lussiere, and upon La Salle's arrival at Fort Frontenac, he 
found Father Louis Hennepin at the fort as a Recollect friar, 
who had come to join him and ardently entered into his plans. 

Previous to this date, the French, to have better control of 
the trade of the Lake Ontario, also to facilitate commerce, 
had built a brig of ten tons, and in order to carry out the plan 
of exploration upon the upper lakes, one of a larger capacity 
was designed to be built above the Falls of Niagara. La 
Salle, as has been mentioned, had the good fortune to have 
associated with him in this work a few kindred spirits, such 
as De Tonty, La Motte and Hennepin ; though if we accept 



the recent alleged discoveries by Margry, the luster of La 
Motte's and Hennepin's fame has been dimmed by the trait- 
orous acts of the former, and of the latter as a plagiarist. 
There may be truth in these assertions, but the romance 
which for 200 years has been thrown around Hennepin's 
name, unchallenged, as historian of the " New Discovery of 
a Vast Country," also in exploring parts of the same that La 
Salle did not visit, has fully identified his name with it, and as 
long as the history of the Falls of Niagara and the building 
of the Griffon is told, will the name of Father Louis Hennepin 
remain identified with them. 

The object of this paper is not to recount the whole history 
of the explorer La Salle, but to present for the consideration 
of the people of this day the obligations they are under to 
this man, who overcame the dangers incident to these discov- 
eries ; and also for the purpose of placing on record the exact 
spot where the keel of the first vessel was laid that navigated 
the blue waters of our own Lake Erie; and to excite among 
the rising generation a desire to perpetuate the memory of 
these explorers by erecting, by a popular subscription, a 
monument which shall mark the spot for all time. 

One of the views accompanying this, show the site of the 
building of the Griffon, reproduced from an engraving made 
for the edition of Hennepin's narrative published in 1704 at 
Amsterdam : 

The full title as follows : 



\^ O V A C; K 

or Noi"vi:ij,i-: Di:c()rv];RTi-; 

D'LIN TRES-GRAND PAYS 

DANS 

LAM ERIQU E, 

ENTRK LE N(3UVEAU 

M i^: X I o I J e;, 

ET EA M\U< (.EAC lAT.K 
PAR EE R. P. EOlliS HENNEPIN, 

AVEC TOl'TKS I.KS PAKTICU F.A KITI';/ \)\: (!■; I'AJS, .V 1)K CliLlM CONNU SOUS LK 

NOM UK LA LOllISIANK; LKS AD\'ANTAGKS Oll'ON EN PEUT TIRER PAR 

I.CTABLISSEMENT DES COLONIES ENRICIIIE DE CARTES 

GKOOKAPHIOUES. 

AUGMENTE DE QUEL(..)liES FIGTRES EN TAILLE DOUCE 

AVHC: UN 

V O V A Cx K 

(U'l CONTIENT UNl'l KlOr.A'l'ION KXACIK DlC L'( )RI(; LNMi, MOKURS. COUTl'MES. 
RELIGION. GUKRRLS iV \'OVAGI-;S I)i:S 

C.\ H.\ I BKS, 

SAUVAGES DES ISLES ANTILLES DE L'AM ERIOUl';, LAITE PAR LE Slia'R DE LA 
BORDE, TIREK DC CAl'.INl'.T Dl': MONS'R P.I.ONDEL. 

A. AMSri<:Rl)AM, 

Chez Adriaan Braakman. Marchiiiul l,il)i;ure ]ircs la Dam. 

MDCCIV. 



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This view was published only 25 years after the vessel had 
been built, and as it is the only view known, there is a proba- 
bility of its being-, in some particulars, correct. 

In order to test the matter I made a personal examination 
of the place indicated by this view, and to my surprise found 
just such high and low ground at a point opposite Cayuga 
Island and on the east bank of the little Niagara, which forms 
the channel separating Cayuga Island from the main land ; a 
photograph was made of the place. It is herewith pre- 
sented.* 

This locality is upon the Angevine farm bordering upon 
the Channel, south of the Cayuga Creek, and with at all times 
a suitable depth of water, in contradistinction to the Cayuga 
Creek proper, nearly a quarter of a mile to the north, and 
which has steep mud banks and a very shallow bed of water, 
and in many places partly covered with rushes and weeds. 

It is a singular but pleasing fact for the historian of to-day 
to know, that notwithstanding the changes incident to occu- 
pancy bv a population as progressive as ours, and upon so 
magnificent a river as the Niagara, that a spot so famous as 
this should have been spared until now, untouched by 
improvement. Such, however, is the fact. 

The owner of the estate, Mr. Jackson i\ngevine has gener- 
ously stated to me that it will be a pleasure for him to donate 
land sufficient for the erection of a testimonial commemor- 
ating the event. 1 am convinced that this is the true locality, 
and for which I hope to give good reasons for my drawing 
such a conclusion. 

Before proceeding further with the subject, I wish to place 
before the reader the several opinions of historians and other 
prominent writers regarding the locality of this historic ship- 
yard. 

The first record is, of course, in Hennepin's " Description 
de la Louisiane," published at Paris, in 1683, pp. 41, 42 and 
45, the text is as follows: 



* The view was taken Uecember 30, 1889, 210 years after ilie drirt'on was built, 
and at that time there was not any snow upon the ground. 



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" Apres qii'il eut donne ses ordres, & place les ouvriers au 
Chantier qui estoit au dessus du j^rand Sault de Niagara, pour 
la structure d'une seconde Barque . . . nostre Navire fut 
en pen de temps en estat d'estre jette a'l'eau, & I'ayant benit 
avec les ceremonies ordonnees par I'Eglise, on le mil a'l'eau, 
cjuoy qu'il ne fut pas encore acheve, afin de le garentir du feu 
dont il estoit menace. On le nomma le Griffon." Which 
translated, reads : 

"After he (La Salle ) has given liis orders and transferred the 
workman to the ship-yard, w hich was above the great Fall of 
Niagara, in order to build a second Barque." 

" Our vessel in a short time was in a condition ready for 
launching, we did away with the ordinary ceremonies that 
the church prescribes on such occasions; for the purpose of 
protecting it from the fire with which it had been threatened. 
Its name was the Griffon." Again : 

In the Nouvelle Decouverte, pa. 94 : " Le vingt deuxieme 
nous nous rendimes a'deux lieiies au dessus du grand Saut de 
Niagara. On y dressa un Chantier })our la construction du 
\'aisseau, dont nous avions besoin pour notre Voiage. Nous 
ne poiivions batir dans un lieu plus commode, qu'aupres d'une 
Riviere, c|ui descendoit dans le Detroit, tiui est entre le Lac 
Erie, cv le grand Saut." Translated, is : 

" On the 22nd (January, 1679,) we proceeded to a point two 
leagues above the great Falls of Niagara ; there we put up 
stocks t(j build the vessel we needed for our voyage. We 
could not construct it in a more convenient place than near a 
river, which descended into the straight, which is between 
Lake Erie and the grand Fall." 

The following is from the first Englisli translation of 
1698: 

On the 22nd of the said month we went two leagues above 
the great Fall of Niagara, where we made a dock for building 
the ship we wanted for our voyage. This was the most con- 
venient place we could pitch upon, being upon a river which 
falls into the strait between the Lake Erie and the great Fall 
of Niagara." 



An account of Mons. De La Salle's last expedition and dis- 
coveries in North America by the Chevalier Tonty, London 
Edition of 1698. 

*' M. La Salle had given orders for building a new ship or 
great bark, and our men workt about it with all the diligence 
that the season of the year could permit ; but the cold was so 
excessive, that not only rivers, but even those vast lakes were 
frozen all over, insomuch that they look'd like a plain pav'd 
with fine pc^lish'd marble. . . This new ship being near fin- 
ished (Jan. 20), he sent me with five men to view the coast, 
and the country to the north side of the lake, above uo 
leagues from Niagara. VVc embarked in our canoes, and 
having rowed two days, or rather sworn, to use the stile of the 
Savages, arrived to the straight of the lake Herie." 

M. Denomille, a French Governor of Canada, who in a 
proclamation dated the 31st day of July 1687, speaks of La 
Salle, havmg spent some time above the great Fall of Niagara, 
where he had a Bark built, which navigated Lakes Erie, 
Huron and Illinois, and of which the stocks, les chentiers, are 
still to be seen." Doc. His. N. Y. V^ol. i. pa. 243. 

History of New York by William Smith 1732, pa. 80. Ed. of 
1 8 14. Speaking of La Salle, says : 

" This enterprising person the same year, 1678, launched a 
bark of ten tons into the lake Ontario, and another of 60 tons, 
the year after, into Lake Erie ; about which time he enclosed 
with palisadoes, a little spot at Niagara." 

Henry R. Schoolcraft, an authority upon I>idia)i tradi/ioiis, 
in his work entitled "Tour of the Lakes, etc.," to the sources 
of the Mississippi, in 1820, Ed. of 1821, Albany, N. Y. pa. 33, in 
speaking of Buffalo, says : 

"The first vessel which navigated Lake Erie, was built in 
this vicinity, by La Salle, in 1679 ; being a vessel of sixty tons 
burden. A })art of the tribe of the Seneca Indians are located 
in this vicinity," he showing that he meant by vicinity, Buf- 
falo. 

In his history of " The Irocpiois," Ed. of 1847, pa. 289, he 
further says : 



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" The enterprise of La Salle, in constructing a vessel above 
the Falls of Niagara, in 1679, to facilitate his voyage to the 
Illinois and the Mississippi, is well known, but while the fact 
of his having thus been the pioneer of naval architecture on 
the upper lakes, is familiar to historical readers, the particular 
place of its construction, has been a matter of various opin- 
ions. . . These versions result in a measure from the vague 
and jarring accounts of the narrators, whose works had been 
constructed in some instances from abridged or mutilated 
translations, and not from doubt or ambiguity in the mission- 
ary letters," pa. 291. The vessel according to him was built 
" two leagues above the Falls," "on the South banks." From 
every examination, there can be no doubt, that the spot 
selected was Cayuga Creek,"' that is about three miles above 
Fort Schlosser." 

The Hon. I>ewis Cass, ex-Governor of Michigan, in a paper 
read at the first meeting of the Historical Society of that 
State, Sept. 13th, 1829, states that: 

" The full completion of this discovery was reserved for La 
Sale. He was a man of genius and cultivated talents. Firm 
in his resolutions, persevering in his efforts, full of resource, 
he seemed destined to enlarge the geographical knowledge 
and to extend the dominion of his countrymen. He built the 
first vessel that ever navigated these lakes. She was launched 
at Erie, and called the Griffin." 

" Erie, Pa., or Presqu'ile, was not known at the time of La 
Salle's visitation, and not until 1763 was a post of defense 
erected at this place by the French. At this later date they 
may have built some Batteaux for their use, but certainly not 
earliei-. How such an intelligent man as Gen. Cass, who was 
intimately acquainted with the country and its history, could 
have made such a statement, exceeds belief. 

The Historian, Hon. George Bancroft, in his " History of the 
United States," first Ed. Vol. 3, pa. 162, says: "that it (the 
Griffon) was built at the mouth of the Tonewande Creek." 
Later in the Ed. of 1852, Vol. 2, pa. 163, says: 

* This is \.\\(t first mention of Cayuga Creek as being tlie site, that I have anywhere 
found. 



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" Near the mouth of the Cayuga Creek the work of ship- 
building began." Subsequent editions of his have the same cor- 
rection. 

Jared Sparks, in his " Life of Robert Cavelier de La Salle," 
series of American Biography, Boston 1844, pa. 21, says: 

" His present aim was to push forward with all speed to the 
west, and he lost no time in making preparations for his voy- 
age. 

The place for a dock-yard was selected about two leagues 
above the Falls, at the outlet of a creek on the Western- side 
of Niagara River. Here the keel of a vessel was laid six 
days after his arrival, and drove the first bolt with his own 
hand." 

Richard Hildreth, in his " History of the United States," 
Vol. 2, pa. 96, says: 

. . "Before winter, he (La Salle) ascended Lake Ontario, 
entered the Niagara, and, passing round the Falls, selected a 
spot at the foot of Lake Erie, not far from the present site of 
Buffalo, where he commenced building the Grififin, a bark of 
sixty tons. . . . Sixty sailors, boatmen, hunters and sol- 
diers made up the company." 

" American Pioneers and Patriots." 

The Adventures of the Chevalier de La Salle, &c., by John 
S. C. Abbott, 1875, pp. 97 and 98, it reads : 

" On the 20th of Januar}', 1679, La Salle, with his h^ng train 
of heavilv-laden men in single file, reached his large log-cabin 
and ship-yard in the midst of a dense forest on the shore of 
Lake Erie. They brought upon their backs provisions, mer- 
chandise, ammunition, and materials for rio^Sfing" the vessel. 
The dock-yard — it could hardly be called a fort — was about six 
miles above Niagara Falls, on the Westernf side of the river 
at the outlet of a little stream called Chippewa Creek." 

The late Mr. Orsamus H. Marshall, a life-long resident of this 
city, and a painstaking historian, in a paper i"ead before the 
Historical Society of this city, February 3, 1863, gives an 
account of the " Griffon," in which article he says; 

* That means the Canadian side. 
f Thus following Sparks' statement. 



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" Historians have widely differed, not only as to the one 
(site) finally selected, but also as to the precise point where 
the keel of the historic bark was laid." Then speaking of the 
" Highrock," and " Three Mountains," he continues : " Two 
leagues above the Falls, we find the Cayuga Creek, a stream 
which answers perfectly Hennepin's description. Opposite 
its mouth, an island of the same name lies parallel with the 
shore, about a mile long, and two or three hundred yards 
wide. It is separated from the main land by a narrow branch 
of the river, called by the early inhabitants ' Little Niagara,' 
wide and deep enough to float a vessel of the tonnage of the 
' Griffon.' Into this channel and opposite the middle of the 
island, the Cayuga Creek empties. On the main shore just 
above the mouth of the creek, and under shelter of the island, 
is a favorable site for a ship-yard. So eligible is the position, 
that it was selected by the United States Government, in the 
early part of the present century, as a suitable point for build- 
ing one or more vessels for the transportation of troops and 
supplies to the Western ports. For that reason it was known 
in early times as the ' Old Ship-yard ; ' and local traditions 
have been preserved in the memory of the early pioneers of 
its anterior occupancy, for the same purpose, by the French," 
and in a paper read before the same Society, February 27th, 
1865, entitled the "Niagara Frontier," pa. 415, of the printed 
volume, he adds: "The same site was selected by the United 
States Government about the year 1804, for the construction 
of a small sloop of fifty tons burden, called the ' Niagara,' 
which was used for conveying supplies to the Western ports." 

Mr. Francis Parkman, Jr., a historian of great research, 
especially as regarding the early French history of the West, 
in his " Life of Pontiac," ist Ed. Boston 185 1, pa. 52, in speak- 
ing of this enterprise of La Salle's, says : 

" Two leagues above the cataract on the Western* bank 
of the river, he built the first vessel which ever explored the 
waters of the upper lakes. Her name was the Grififin, and her 
burden was sixty tons." 

* Still following Sparks' statement. 



In the 6th Ed., Vol. i, pa. 58, he accepts Cayuga Creek as 
the supposed site and in his very interesting work on " La 
Salle and the Discovery of the Great West," Ed. of 1879 
(Eleventh Ed.) pa. 132, says: 

" That it is a question of debate which side of the Niagara 
the first vessel on the Upper Lakes was built. A close study 
of Hennepin and a careful [personal ?] examination of the lo- 
cality, have convinced me that the spot was that indicated 
above [namely, Cayuga Creek]. Hennepin says she was built 
at the mouth of a stream (riviere) entering the Niagara two 
leagues above the Falls. Excepting one or two small brooks 
there is no stream on the west side but Chippewa Creek, 
which Hennepin had visited and correctly placed at about a 
league from the Cataract. His distances on the Niagara are 
usually correct. On the east side there is a stream which 
perfectly answers the conditions. This is Cayuga Creek, two 
leagues above the Falls. Im.mediately in front of it is an 
island about a mile long, separated from the shore by a nar- 
row and deep arm of the Niagara, into which the Cayuga 
Creek discharges itself. The place is so obviously suited to 
building and launching a vessel that in the early part of this 
century the government of the United States chose it for the 
construction of a schooner to carry supplies to the garrisons 
of the upper lakes. In examining this and other localities on 
the Niagara, I have been greatly aided by my friend O. H. 
Marshall, of Buffalo, who is unrivalled in his knowledge of 
the history and traditions of the Niagara Frontier." 

John Gilmary Shea, LL. D., a painstaking historian of our 
country, especially of that relating to La Salle and other 
French discoverers, remarks : 

" The site of the stocks where the ' Griffon ' was built was 
fixed at various points by Bancroft, Sparks, Cass, Schoolcraft 
and others. O. H. Marshall, examining the matter by the 
light of documents and topography, decided it to have been 
at the mouth of Cayuga Creek, on the American side." 

In a work entitled, " A Popular History of the United 
States," &c., by William Cullen Bryant and Sydney Howard 



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Gay, 4 vols., published by Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y., 
1878, Vol. 2, at page 510, it reads: 

. . . "Arriving at the head of Lake Ontario he (La 
Salle) made the portage by Niagara Falls to Lake Erie, and 
at Fort Frontenac [szc'\ he began to build a ship of forty -five 
tons, which he called the Griffon." 

Capt. James Van Cleve, who died two or three years since, 
was born in New Jerse}' in 1808. He came to Lewiston, N. 
Y., in 1824, and for a number of years was commander of a 
vessel on Lake Ontario, and later was general agent of the 
Ontario and St. Lawrence line of steamers. A few years be- 
fore he died he compiled a valuable and unique volume of 
drawings with manuscript notes of historical interest and re- 
lating chiefly to Lakes Erie and Ontario and the immediate 
country, presentmg the same to the Historical Society of this 
city, where it now is and can be profitably consulted by 
lovers of local history. In this book he makes a drawing of 
the Little Niagara and surroundings, locating the site of the 
" Griffon's" dock on the Angevine farm. In giving his 
reasons for so doing, among other arguments he advances in 
supporting his opinions, says : 

"Mrs. Eli Reynolds now (1876) residing at Niagai'a Falls, 
aged 83 years, remarkably smart and intelligent, says her father 
settled with his family at Schlosser in 1808, and at Cayuga 
Creek in 1810; was well acquainted with an old ship-carpenter 
named Smith who had some time before located his place for 
work upon the ground upon which vessels had been built 
many years before ; that old blocks, chips, and rusted remains 
of small articles of iron were found under the surface of the 
ground, and that tradition among the Indians was that the 
' Big Canoe' (" Griffon ") was built there by the French. 

"The location of the old ship-yard is about half a mile below 
the head of Ca>uga Island, on the bank of the small channel 
separating the island from the main land, and about the same 
distance above the mouth of Cayuga Creek. 

" The old ship-yard was a more favorable spot for building 
and launching the vessel than that directly at the mouth of 
the Creek, where the land was low and marshy. 



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" The ship-yard was upon land now known as the Angevine 
farm ; descendants of that family are now (1876) living- upon 
that land. 

" La Salle and his company arrived at the foot of the 
'Three Mountains' at Lewiston, December 7, 1678, and at the 
time when ice begins to make and obstruct navigation ; there- 
fore it is quite improbable he would have established depots 
for his supplies and ship-stores at the cabins or stockade 
where Fort Niagara now stands, and at the foot of the ' Three 
Mountains ' at Lewiston on the east side of the river for build- 
ing the bark ' Griffon,' and then select the place for building 
her at or near Chippewa Creek, above the Falls on the west 
side during the winter when the river is obstructed by run- 
ning ice. La Salle, being a scientific and practical man, he 
was without any doubt governed by this natural law of the 
river, and built the 'Griffon' on the east or same side his 
depot of supplies were upon. Therefore selected the vicinity 
of Cayuga Creek, six miles above the Falls as the safest place 
for building his vessel and convenient to his supplies at 
Lewiston. 

" It is altogether probable, however, that when the French 
built Batteaux and canoes during many years after in that 
locality they would continue to do so on the same ground se- 
lected by La Salle for building the 'Griffon,' it being most con- 
venient to the head of navigation below the ' Three Mountains,' 
from which point all supplies had to be carried over the car- 
rying place to Cayuga Creek on the backs of his men. 

"Joshua Fairbanks, one of the earliest settlers of Lewiston, 
N. Y., came to Oueenstown 1793 from Massachusetts, and 
was well acquainted with several old French officers who did 
not return to France after the conquest of Canada by the 
English in 1759. Some of these were old men at the time 
that Mr. Fairbanks came, and thev told him that the bark 
'Griffon' was built at Cayuga Creek, six miles above the 
Falls, and that small spike and other articles of iron were fre- 
quently found there when they first came to Forts Niagara and 
Schlosser with the French troops. Mr. Fairbanks frcciuently 
told me (Mr. Van Cleve, who was a son-in-law) that when 



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he first came to Oueenstown the old tramway piers up the 
' Three Mountains ' were mostly in perfect order, having been 
used more or less by the French and English loo years, 1679- 
1780. The testimony of these old ofificers should be quite 
conclusive as to where the * Griffon ' was built, as they were 
young lieutenants, probably 25 years old, when they came to 
Canada with French troops. As one of them died at Queens- 
town in 1794, at the age of 90, they probably came to Fort 
Niagara about 1730. That would leave but fifty years be- 
tween the building of the ' Griffon ' and the date of their com- 
ing. Fifty years in the absence of any improvements would 
not obliterate all trace of the ship-yard." 

The following communications were either copied from the 
daily press or received by me, as they will show : 

Buffalo Courier, Wednesday, January 2g, iSgo. 
LA SALLE'S VESSEL. 

To the Editor of the Courier : Regarding the project of 
erecting a monument at this place commemorating the building 
of the Grifiin, by the Cavelier de La Salle in 1679, as de- 
scribed and illustrated in the last Sunday's Express, the idea 
is a good one, and the site chosen is good enough to show the 
monument off to advantage, and probably near enough to the 
"true locality" for all practical purposes. 

But Mr. Remington seems to have been misled in arriving 
at his conclusions as to the " true locality " of the building 
and launch of the Grififin. 

On the north or lower bank of the Cayuga Creek, not far 
from its mouth, is, or was (for it has been built over) an easy 
sandy slope of about one foot rise in ten, back from the wa- 
ter's edge, with a depth of about twelve feet of water oppo- 
site, and from there and for some distance above to the outlet 
of the creek. The fact of such a locality seems to have es- 
caped the knowledge of Mr. Remington, as his claims to hav- 
ing found the " true locality " are partly founded on the belief 
that there was no eligible site for the purpose on Cayuga 
Creek, or as he puts it, " which (creek) has steep mud banks 
and a very shallow bed of water." 



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Having thus disposed of Cayuga Creek, his further conclu- 
sions seem to rest on the fact of a man now sixty years old 
having seen the remains of some old launch-ways on his place 
half a mile up the river from the mouth of Cayuga Creek 
when a boy, and who had been told that the chips were visi- 
ble a few years previous. That was only about fifty years 
ago, or about i6o years after the Griffin was built that the 
skids were still to be seen, and about 140 years old for the 
chips. They must have been relics of more lasting timber 
than has been found here in recent years; perhaps of some of 
the palm trees pictured in the illustration of Father Henne- 
pin's drawing, in which he traces such a striking resemblance 
to his chosen "true locality." 

Mr. Angevine's wood is above par, but it is altogether 
probable that the launch-ways and chips he describes are of 
much later origin than 1679, and most likely the remains of 
the building of a schooner in this locality by the United 
States Government in the early part of the present century, 
to carry supplies to the garrisons on the upper lakes. Even 
those would have been pretty old skids, as such things last, 
lying out on the ground in this climate, when Mr. Angevine 
came on deck, and all traces of chips must have then disap- 
peared. 

The best authorities agree that the Grif^n was built "at 
the mouth of Cayuga Creek." Admitting that the Angevine 
place is near enough to be a possible site, the probabilities are 
that La Salle, on coming to Cayuga Creek, at or near its 
mouth, found either the spot he was looking for, or the hrst 
obstacle in his way since toiling up the rugged heights above 
Lewiston, and very likely both. 

He evidently stopped when he came to the creek, or he 
would not have said so, perhaps never mentioned it. 

It may have been frozen over so as to be no impediment, 
except in getting over its " steep mud banks," being late in 
January, or it may not have been. He never forded its 
"very shallow bed of water," anyway. 




MAP DRAWN BY H. S. TOMPKINS, 

To show place wliuic lie tliiiiks tlu,' ■• Gritlon " was built. 



He did not have to cross either on the ice, or, like the 
children of Israel, through the Red Sea, to find a location 
fully as good and even better for their purposes than any 
further on. 

Here was a navigable stream flowing into Niagara River. 
They approached it on the north side. Such a spot as they 
were looking for lay at their feet. Why carry their burdens 
further, even though there were no "steep mud banks" in 
the way, and the ice was good ? They were heavily laden, 
for, besides their other equipments, were things to be used in 
the construction of the Grifihn as well as its armament, and 
we are told that five cannon looked out of the sides of the 
Grifihn after she was launched. 

Had the}^ come down the river instead of up, they might 
possibly have stopped at Angevine's place in preference to 
crossing the creek. They certainly would, if Jackson had 
been there to entertain them. J. Angevine never turned any- 
one away unless they were trying to impose on him, but he 
was not " at home " those days, and they were on the other 
side of the creek. Their hosts were the two friendly Mohe- 
gans. They entertained as well on one side of the creek as 
the other. 

Mr. Remington had every good reason to cross and the fa- 
cilities for getting over. La Salle had neither. Tonti's 
energy would not have urged him further, and Henne[)in had 
carried his altar strapped upon his back full far enough. 
There was no necessity for further procedure. 

" They came «/ /ast to the mouth of a stream which entered 
the Niagara River two leagues above the cataract "* 

There Father Hennepin set up his altar — or rather down-^ 
and there was laid the first keel that ever plowed Lake Erie, 
and all the Griffin ever saw of Mr. Remington's "true lo- 
cality " was when she looked out with her five cannon as she 
was towed by it the following spring. 

The oldest traditions known here, coming from people fa- 
miliar with this locality from the beginning of this century, 
and with its history previous to that, locate the place where 

*Si) says I'arkmaii in Ed. uf La Salle, 1879. 



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(he Griffin was builL on the north or lower side of the 
Cayuga Creek, just above the railroad crcjssing and not far 
from its mouth. 

H. S. TOMTKINS. 

La Salle, January 27. 

I then addressed Mr. Tompkins as follows: 

"Some time since 1 read an article from your pen, in the 
Courier of this city, criticising my article in the Express re- 
garding the site of the Griffon's ship-yard. 

" Will you have the kindness to sketch for me the place 
where you think the vessel was built, as I wish to have all in- 
formation possible, at this late date, regarding the true site." 

April the 21st, Mr. Tompkins sent me the following map of 
the place that he supposed to be the correct one.* It is lo- 
cated just south of the iron bridge that crosses Cayuga Creek, 
on the road to Lewiston. The place has been filled in, and 
upon it buildings erected, so that the former contour of the 
ground is not seen now. This spot is also about a quarter of 
a mile north from the Little Niagara, and on the west bank of 
Cayuga Creek. 

From The Express of March gth, iSgo : 

WHERE THE GRIFFIN WAS BUILT. 

Editor Buffalo Express : I have read with interest the recent 
articles in the Buffalo press relative to the exact point where 
La Salle built the Griffin. As a native of Niagara County, 
having been born not far from Ca3'ugaCreek in 1816, and reared 
on a farm, roamed as a farmer's boy far and wide over that 
country, up to 1837, I took some note of the make of the 
land ; was well acquainted with the neighborhood of Cayuga 
Creek, where it em[)ties into a branch of Niagara River, 
which flows around Cayuga Island, and I distinctly remember 
the Old River Road where it crossed the Old Military Road 
at Cayuga-Creek bridge. Travelers on their way from Lake 
Ontario up Niagara River also had to cross Gill Creek nearer 
the Falls. In Father Hennepin's account of the arrival of 

* Mnp on page 32. 



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La Salic from Quebec, in the year 1678, coming up the river 
a part of his company came to the foot of the rapids at Lewis- 
ton. Here he established a trading post upon the present site 
ol Fort Niagara. Some thirty miles farther up the river, and 
six or seven miles above the Falls, at the mouth of Cayuga 
Creek, " the work of ship-building was immediately com- 
menced." " The keel of a small vessel of sixty tons burthen 
was laid at the mouth of Cayuga Crceky Here, on the west 
bank, not far from the entrance of the Cayuga into the " Lit- 
tle River" which surrounds Cayuga Island, is ground admir- 
ably adapted to the launching of a " small vessel," with suffi- 
cient depth of water in the creek to float her thence to the 
river, and there appears to have been no object for crossing 
the creek to seek a better place farther up. 

When it is remembered that before the Revolutionar}- War 
of 1775 no wagon-road had been opened from Tonawanda 
Creek to Niagara Falls along the river, it seems quite plausi- 
ble that La Salle, with his exploring company, looking for a 
good place to launch a small vessel of sixty tons burden, 
should choose his ship-yard on the first good safe ground to 
be met with on the route, which certainly was met before 
crossing Cayuga Creek. 

If the public eye is to be attracted to this place by a monu- 
mental sign, why not place that sign as near the locality where 
the Griffin was built as existing facts will indicate ? 

What though an old ship-yard existed farther up where 
" skids " etc., were to be seen later (probably a heavier craft 
built there by the present Government), no historic fact ought 
to be perverted thereby. The oldest inhabitants well remem- 
ber that sixty years ago, on the north (or west) bank of 
Cayuga Creek, near its mouth, only undergrowth timber, 
principally ash, chestnut, etc., existed ; indicating that along 
that bank of the creek the large timber had been removed 
long ago, while the dry, sloping bank answers all objections 
that might be raised to that locality as the place where La 
Salle actually built and launched the Griffin. 

T. WlT.MKR. 
Williamsvillc, March 3d. 




T. WITMERS MAP 

or localion of the "Giilton's" ship-yanl. At mouth of Creek inarke.l A. 



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In noting this article 1 wrote Mr. VVitmer as follows: 

Dear Sir — Yonr communication to the Express, yjublished 
in its issne of March 9th regarding the question of site where 
the " Griffon" was built has been read by me. Will you have 
the kindness to make a drawing of the spot you mention and 
the surroundings, as nearly as you may remember when you 
knew it, together with such memoranda as you choose to add 
to that already published in your article, sending the same to 
me, and greatly oblige. 

March 17, 1890. 

Under date of March 22, at Williamsville, N. Y., he replied 
as follows : 

" Yours of late date came to hand during my absence from 
home. Since my return I have recurred to the matter from 
]:)ersonal recollection only, but will ask a little time till I visit 
my older brother, who resides in the locality, as well as others 
interested in the matter. I send you a rough sketch of sur- 
veys made in that locality for other purposes. 

" When we read Hennepin, with the natural facts to guide 
us, our conclusion is that the vessel was built on the westerly 
bank of Cayuga Creek, that being the first and most conven- 
ient bank arrived at on his trip in search of a good ])lacc for 
the purpose of ' building and launching a small vessel.' " 

Later I received this : 

" In my last I forgot to indicate the Magnetic Meridian. 
Cayuga Creek enters the Little River from the North, by a 
southeasterly course, Niagara River having here a due west- 
erly course." 

This from a friend residing in Canada : 

" You have been kind enough to send me the Sunday Ex- 
press of January 26, containing an article on the monument 
which it is proposed to erect to the memory of La Salle at the 
village of La Salle. 

" I liave examined the cut representing a facsimile of the 
original engraving in Hennepin's work showing the building 
of the 'Griffon' with much interest, and I cannot help regard- 
ing it as the strongest argument which I have yet seen in 
favor of the Chippewa Creek being the real site where the 



WIL 50 M 




MAP SHOWING THE CHIPPEWA CREEK ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE 
NIAGARA, AND THE CAYUGA CREEK, THE LITTLE NIAGARA, ALSO THE LOCA- 
TION OF THE ANGEVINE FARM. 



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vessel was constructed. The sunlight and shadows cast upon 
and by the figures, trees, boat and hills, together with the 
height of the latter would suit the south side of the Niagara 
River onl}-. 

" What is your own 0[)inion of the cut?" 

Regarding this expression from my Canadian Iriend 1 
reply that the point is not well taken as regards the light and 
shadows. If reference is made to the map of the Niagara in 
this volume,* which embraces the two creeks in question, 
namely the Cayuga and the Chippewa, it will be perceived 
that both have the same direction : The Chippewa flowing 
northeasterly into the Niagara; the Cayuga flowing south 
with an inclination to the west, into the Little Niagara, the 
so-called channel. The shadows at either place on the south 
or east bank, and also at the Angevine farm, would be pre- 
cisely the same angle. The point raised does not prove any- 
thing, and further the fact is sufficiently established that the 
Griffon was built on this, the east side of the Niagara. 

Having exhausted the records of history and opinions of 
(jthers regarding the site of the dock, we now proceed to give 
what we think sufficient reason to admit that the i)resent An- 
gevine farm, or " Old Ship-yard," on the Little Niagara is the 
l)lace that was selected by La Salle in 1678. 

The account by Hennepin is meagre. La Salle transfers 
his workmen to the ship-yard which was above the Great Fall 
of Niagara, and "which could not be in a more convenient 
place than near a river that descended into the straight, 
(meaning the Niagara, which is the only straight connecting 
Lakes Erie and Ontario,) which is between Lake Erie and the 
Great Fall." 

The first English translation of Flennepin in 1698, (twenty 
years after the building) reads: " being upon a River which 
falls into," etc. 

In the translation of 1698, of Chevelier Henry De Tonty's 
account, he says : " but the cold was so excessive, that not 
only rivers, but even those vast lakes were frozen all over," 

* tJ» P^^ye 3cS. 



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etc. If this was so, the Cayuga Creek certainly would be no 
better for vessel building than the land, and we may reason- 
ably suppose that the Little Niagara, or channel, would be 
preferable, as being more apt to feel the effects of a loosening 
of the ice, if at all obstructed. 

We pass over the records of Messrs. Smith, Schoolcraft, 
Cass, Bancroft, Sparks, Hildreth, Abbott, Bryant, and others 
as not of authority, some of whom correct their first state- 
ments in subsequent editions of their works, as Mr. Francis 
Parkman in his earlier edition committed the same error, but 
later takes his cue from Mr. Marshall. Dr. Shea also takes 
Mr. Marshall's statement. 

Mr. William Pool, editor of the " Courier," at the village of 
Niagara Falls, N. Y., a life-long resident of that place and of 
Lewiston, informs me " that the Angevine farm is the only 
spot that has maintained with any degree of historic authority, 
as being the place where La Salle built his vessel, the ' Grif- 
fon,' in 1679." 

Messrs. Tompkins and Witmer are apparently slightly 
biased on this question. Mr. Tompkins speaks of the ship- 
yard as not being near the mouth of the Creek, but insists 
that it was upon the Creek, full a quarter of a mile from its 
mouth. The question arises why did La Salle go up the 
Creek that far, in a hostile countr}', cold and ice bound, as 
Tonty says it was, when by its mouth even, or fiear it, he 
would be more protected in every respect ? If he could go 
up the creek thus far, why not the same distance up the 
straight on the Little Niagara? 

Mr. Witmer thinks it was directly at the mouth of the 
creek, which could not possibly be, as at that place and along 
the banks, down the channel, is low marshy ground, appar- 
ently in the same condition to-day as it was two hundred 
years ago,* and could not have been made suitable without 
great labor. 

Therefore, we may with all fairness narrow the question of 
site to the testimony of Hennepin, Mr. Marshall, Captain Van 

* See page 40 for view. 



• 4^ 

Cleve, Mrs. Reynolds, Mr. Fairbanks and Mr. Pool, as being 
the most authentic and natural. 

Hennepin, Marshall and others use the word mar, they d(^ 
not say at, but near. 

Webster defines the word near, as "not far distant," "not 
remote," " nigh," etc, meaning that it was in the neighbor- 
hood, which I think is the construction placed upon it by 
those parties. For if we examine the locality at and above 
the creek upon the channel, one can but be convinced that the 
Angevme place or " Old Ship-yard," is the first suitable spot 
arrived at for the purpose of ship or vessel building. Mr. 
Marshall distinctly says that it is the same place which our 
government used to build a vessel in 1804, and lastly, the view 
of the building of the Griffon, published in 1704,* and that 
one taken in i889,t are representations of precisely the same 
spot. There is no other place in the vicinity, either upon the 
creek or channel resembling it. 

The writer has been at some labor to thus arrange authori- 
ties on this question, and has given in detail all facts that have 
come under his notice, making the subject as broad as possible 
in order to set at rest (if the egotistical expression may be 
allowed) for all time the location of the Griffon's birthplace. 

* Page 16. 
f Page 18. 



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This view is from a portion of a map "drawn in 1688, liy order of the Governor 
and Intendant of New France." Lake Ontario, the Falls, Niagara River and Lake 
Erie are distinctly represented. A dotted line represents the portage on the American 
side of the river from Fort Niagara, by the Falls, to the place of building the Griffon. 
There is also a rude semblance of a cabin at the last named place, together with a 
view of the Griffon entering Lake Erie. The legend on the map is " Cabaiie 011 h- 
Sr de la Salle a fait f aire line barque." (Cabin where the Sieur de La Salle caused 
a bark to be built.) 

Another map, date of 1689, is similar, but the inscription slightly differs. " Chan- 
tier ou la Sr de la Salle a ft fre une barque.''' Another of i66g, " Clianlier de Sr 
de la Salle pour sa barque.' ' 




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A DESIGN BY OSCAR HELLER, ESQ., FOR A MONUMENT 

TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE THE GRIFFON 

WAS BUILT. 



ADDENDA. 



On the 26th day of June, 1891, a party of observation, which 
was to consist of Messrs. Peter A. Porter and Th. V. Welch of 
Niagara Falls, Louis J. Allen, Chief Engineer U. S. N., Wm. 
Fleming, of Buffalo, and the writer, proceeded, with the ex- 
ception of Messrs. Welch and Allen, who were unavoidably 
detained, to Lewiston, for the purpose of critically examining 
the route by which La Salle had, in 1678, carried up the 
" Three Mountains " his supplies ; also to ascertain the local- 
ity of the tramway by which the goods of the early French 
traders were hoisted to their summit. No vestige of the 
latter remains, nor could its exact location be determined. 
After due examination, and taking all conditions into consid- 
eration, the writer came to the conclusion that the present 
path up the Mountain is either the original one, or so nearly 
so, to be almost identical with that traversed by La Salle and 
his men when carrying their anchors, guns and other material 
for the completion of the " Griffon " above the Falls of Niag- 
ara, for the reason that on either side of this path there is not 
the natural incline with which to make as an easy ascent. 
Besides being in some places very abrupt or abounding with 
debris, swampy land, etc. The present path also terminates 
at top, within 100 feet of the edge of the precipice on the 
river side, and being between it and the remains of Fort 
Gray, erected during the war of 1812. 

The route taken by the party of June 26th, commenced at 
a ravine where it is said La Salle built some cabins, this being 
the plateau of the first mountain, thence by a path up to the 
plateau of the second mountain ; thence by a steeper and more 



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difficult path to the top of the tJiird mountain, which ends at 
the level of the Lewiston escarpment, thence is a level road to 
the Falls. 

Upon our arrival at Fort Gray, we beheld the Lake Ontario 
in the distance ; upon our right, the fertile plain in which 
rests the quiet village of Lewiston ; on the left, the heights 
opposite, then the declivity, terminating at the village of Ni- 
agara-on-the-Lake, with Fort Niagara opposite. Between 
these lofty hills and wooded shores the mighty Niagara glides 
along very })eacefully, after having, for a distance of seven 
miles, reveled in turbulence unequaled, almost, by other water 
upon the globe. At our left, under the dilapidated Suspension 
Bridge, is the remnant of that " Rock of a prodigious heighth, 
lying by the rapid Currents we have already mentioned," but 
which is now almost hidden b}' the fallen rocks and earth of 
the hills. Here at our feet lay the way up which Father 
Gabriel, who, " tho' of Sixty-five Years of Age, bore with 
great Vigor the Fatigue of that Voyage, and went thrice up 
and down those three Mountains, which are pretty high and 
steep." " Our men," continues Hennepin, " had a great deal 
of trouble, for our Anchors were so big, that four Men had 
much ado to carr}^ one, but the Brandy we gave them was 
such an Encouragement, that they surmounted cheerfully all 
the Difficulties of that Journey, and so we got on board our 
Ship all our Provisions, Ammunition and Commodities " 

Thus as we stood upon this height, we saw in retrospect 
these pioneers entering the river on that St. Nicholas day of 
1678, chanting Te Deum, and some days later taking refuge 
under the protection of that " High Rock," looking across the 
angry water filled with floating ice, to the great " Three 
Mountains," which they afterwards surmounted after under- 
going numerous hardships, as related by Father Hennepin, 
and now after 200 St. Nicholas' da3's have come and gone, the 
same scenes that met their view is beheld by ours, with 
scarcely any change of the beautiful prospect which unfolded 
itself to their sight. After our arriving at the height, and in 
commemoration of their faith and patience, their unfaltering 
trust that the future would be all they desired, we drank to 



49 

their memory, standing and in silence. No prospect can bet- 
ter repay those interested in our local history than the one 
from the heights of Lewiston on a bright day, and a climb up 
the path over which these pioneers toiled is a trip well worth 
takinir. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HENNEPIN. 



FRENCH. 1683. La. "- 

Description de la Louisiane nouvellement decouverte an 
Sud' Oiiert de la Nouvelle France, Par ordre du Roy. .Vvcc 
la Carte du Pays : Les Moeurs & la maniere de vivre des 
Sauvages. Dediee a sa Majeste. Par le R. P. Louis Henne- 
pin, Missionnaire Recollet & Notaire Apostolique. 
(monogram of) A. A 

A Paris, chez la Veuve Sebastien Hurs', rue Saint Jacques, 
a r I mage S. Jerome, pres S. Severin. 

M. DC. LXXXIII. 
Avec privilege dv Roy. 

Map by Guerard. Carte de la Nouville France ct de la 
Louisiane Nouvellement decouverete dediee Au Roy Pan 
1683. Par le Reuerend Pere Louis Hennepin, Missionaire 
Recollect et Notaire Apostolique. Privilege granted Sept. 3, 
1682, registered Sept. 10. Printing completed Jan. 5, 1683. 

The map carries the Mississippi to below the mouth of the 
Illinois, but does not indicate the Ohio or Missouri. Pictures 
a tree bearing the French arms, and marks the spot near Lake 
Buade, and a church and "Missions des Recollects," near the 
Lake des Assenipoils. 12° pp. (12) 312. 

FRENCH. 1684. L'A. 

Copies of a second edition with the same notes as to print- 
ing, etc., but have on title, Apostolique, in a line bv itself, and 
A Paris, Chez Amable Auroy, Proche la Fountaine S. Sevei^in 
(monogram). 

M. DC. LXXXIV^ 



52 

The monoofram A. A. on both editions is for Amable 
Auroy. 

FRENCH. 1685. Q) L'A. " 

La Noiivelle France, ou la Description de la Louisiane, 
connue sous le nom de Misissipi. Nouvellement Decouverte 
})ar ordre du Roy. 

Avec les Moeurs ct la maniere de vivre des Sauvages, tv: les 
premieres habitations de nos Fran(;ois. Dediee a sa Majeste. 
Par le R. P. Hennepin, Missionaire Recollet cS: Notaire 
Apostoliqiie. 

(emblem) 
Siir L'lmprime a Paris 
M D C 
12" dedication pp. 2, and pp. 80. Paper covers. No maps 
or- plates. 

ITALIAN. 1686. L'A. ■■• 

Descrizione della Lvigiana. Paese nuouamente scoperto 
net I'America Settentrionale, sotto gl'auspicij del Christianis- 
simo Lvigi XIV. Con la Carta Geografica del medesimo, 
Costumi, e maniere di viuere di que'Seluaggi. Del P. Lvigi 
Hennepin Francescano Recolletto, e Missionario Apostolico 
in questa Scoperta. Tradotta del Francese, e Dedicata al 
Reverendiss. P. D. Ludovico de Conti Gverra Abbate casin- 
ensc di S. Procolo di Bologna. In Bologna, per Giacomo 
Monti 1686. Conlicenza de Superiori. 

12^ pj). 12. 396, with map. On pa. 2, is the Vidit and impri- 
matur. 

Viuir. D. Fulgentius Orighettus Clericus Regularis S. 
Pauli, & Rector Poenitentiarias, pro Illustriss., cS: Reuerendiss. 
D. loseph Musotto Vicario Capitulari Bononia?. 

Imprimatur. Fr Angelus Gulielmus Molus Vicarius Gen- 
eralis S. OtiRcij Bononite. 

Then follows a Dedication by the translator Casimiro Fres- 
chot, dated Jan. 21, 1686. 10 pages. 



DUTCH. 1688. L'a. - 

Engraved title. Ontdekking van Louisiania Door den 
Vader L. Hennepin. Benevens des Beschryving- van Noord 
America door den Heer Denys. t' Amsterdam by Janten 
Hoorn over het Oude Heere Logement 1688. 

Printed Title. Beschryving van Louisania, Nieuwelijks 
ontdekt ten Zuid-Westen van Nieuw Vrankryk, Door order 
van den Koenig. Met de Kaarte des Landts, en een nauwk- 
eurige verhandeling van de Zeden en manieren van leeven 
der Wilden. Door den Vader Lodewyk Hennepin, Recollet- 
sche Missionaris in die Gewesten, en Apostolische Notaris. 
Mitsgaders de Geographische en Historische Beschryving 
der Kusten van Noord America, Met de Natuurlijke Historic 
des Landts. Door den Heer Denys, Governeur Lieutenant 
Generaal voor Zijn Allerchristielijkste Majesteit, en Eigenaar 
van alle de Landen en Eilanden gelegen van cap de Camp^ 
seaux tot aan cap des Roziers. Vergeirt met Kopere Figuren. 
(ornament) t Amsterdam, by Jan ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper 
over 't Oude Heeren Logement, in de Histori-Schryver. A. 
1688. 4° Engraved title, pp. (4.) 158. (5) map, 6 plates pp. (4.) 
200.(4.) The map is entitled " Kaart van Nieuw^ Vrankryk 
en van Louisania." 

FRENCIL 1688. L'A. -" 

(The title same as in No. i, down to A'Paris, then add,) a 
Roman q. in Apostolique. Chez Amable Auroy, rue Saint 
Jacques a'lTmage S. Jerome, attenant la Fountaine S. Sevcrin. 
M. DC. XXXVHL Avec Privilege dv Roy. 

i2mo. pages as in No. i. After privilege, " Acheve d'im- 
primer pour la seconde fois, le 10. Mars. 1688. De I'imprim- 
erie de Laurent Rondet. Map. 

GERMAN 1689. L'A. •■ 

Beschreibung der Landschafft Lovisiana welchc auf Befehl 
des K()nigs in Frankreich, neulich gegen Siidwesten Neu 
Frankreichs in America entdecket worden. Nebenst einer 
Land-Carten und Bericht von den sitten und Lebens-Art der 



54 

VVilden in Selbiger Landschafft. In Franzosischer Sprache 
heraus gegeben durch P. Ludvvig Hennepin Mission. Recoil, 
und Notarium Apostolicum. Nun aber ins Teiitsche uber- 
setzet. (Ornament.) Ni'irnberg In Verlag Andreas Otto. 
1689. 

18° pp. 425. 2 maps. 

Louisiana ends on page 352, then another title. 

Beschrieburg einer sonderbaren Riese etlicher bisher noch 
unbekanter Lander und VcUcher im Mitter-nachtigen America, 
welche 1673. durch P. Marquette S. J. und Herrn Jolliet 
verrichtet worden. Aus dem Franzosischen ins Teutsche 
ubersetzet. Nurnberg 1689. Map. 

GERMAN. 1690. L'A. 

Neue Entdeckungen vieler sehr grossen Landschaften in 
America zwischen Neu Mexico und dem Eis-Meer gelegen, 
iibersetzt von J. G. Langen. Bremen. 1690. 

ITALIAN. 1691. L'A. 

An abridgment of the Bologna edition of 1686, and was 
printed in 1691, in the " II Genio Vaganti," at Parma, Ital}', 
with a map entitled " Nouva Francia 1 Luigiana." 

GERMAN. 1692. L'A. 

Same title as German 1689. Nurnberg, Andreas Otto, 1692. 
18°. pp. 427. Map. 

FRENCH. 1697. N. D. * 

Engraved Title. Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres grand 
Pays Situe dans I'Amerique Par R. P. Lovis de Hennepin, 
a Utrec chez Guiliame Broedelet. 

Printed Title. Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres grand Pays 
Situe dans I'Amerique, entre Le Nouveau Mexique, et la Mer 
Glaciale, Avec las Cartes, & les Figures necessaires, cS: de plus 
r Historic Naturelle & Morale, & les advantages, quon en pent 
tirer par I'etablissement des Colonies. Le tout dedie a Sa 



55 

Majeste Britanniquc. Guillaume III. Par le R. P. Louis 
Hennepin, Missionaire Recollect c^ Notaire Apostolique. A. 
Utrecht. Chez Guillaume Broedelet, Marchand Libraire. 

MDCXCVII 

12° pp. (70) 1-312, 10 pp. marked 313,'^ 3i3-5<j6. 2 Maps and 
2 plates, Niagara, and the buffalo. 

This work begins with Epistre Dedicatore 23 j)p., Avis an 
Lecteur, 26 pp. Table de Chapitres. 19 pp. The text begins 
with some general remarks, and biographical details, followed 
by a description of Louisiane to page 200, when transcriptions 
are taken from Le Clercqs Etablissment de la Foi. From 
page 249 to 312, is an account of a voyage down the JNIissis- 
sippi. From page 313 to finish is in different type from the 
preceding, the chapter heads having Arabic figures, while the 
earlier portion have Roman numerals. The head lines also 
differ, being nouvell dkcouw before page 313, and Nouvel 
Decouv. after. The spacing, etc. is different, tending to show, 
as some writers suggest, that this later matter was set up by 
different hands and in a different place or office. The type on 
last page is smaller than the body of the work. The map 
continues the river Mississippi to the Gulf. The name of the 
Missouri is written Otenta. Places the Chiquaka on the river 
Tamaroa below it, and the Akansa on the river Ouma, and to 
two rivers below, on the west, gives the names of Hiens and 
Sablonniere, and omits the tree with the arms of France. 



FRENCH. 1698. N. V. * 

Nouveau voyage d'un Pais plu grand que I'Europe. Avec 
les reflections des enterprises du Sieur de la Salle sur les 
minies de St Barbe tS:c. Enrichi de la Carte, de figures ex- 
pressives, des moeurs, <N: manieres de vivre des Sauvages du 
Nord ; cS: du Sud, de la prise de Quebec Ville Capital la de 
Nouvelle France, par les Anglois, & des avantages c[u'on pent 
retirer du chemin recourci de la Chine & du Japon, par le 
moien de tant de Vastes Contrees tS: de Nouvelles Colonies. 
Avec approbation (!^ dedie a sa Majeste Guillaume U\. Roy 
de la Grande Bretagne par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, Mission- 



56 

aire Recollect cS: Notaire Apostolique. A. Utrecht Chez An- 
toine Schouten, Marchand Libraire 1698. 

8° pp. (70.) (2.) 389. 4 plates, I map. This edition has the 
star patres, similar to the edition of 1697, but is uniformly 
|)rinted as regards the headings. 

GERMAN. 1698. N. V. * 

Neue Reise Beschreibung durch viele Lander weit grosser 
als gantz Europa die nenlichst zuichen Neu Mexico und dem 
Kiss Meer in America entdecket worden. Worinn enthalten 
cine besondere beschreibung der Lander Sitten und Gawohn- 
beiten der vvilden Volcker in dem Sud und Norder Theil der 
neuen Welt, und was fiir Vortheil man aus der Auffrichtung 
neuer Colonien in diesen Landern schopffen konne ; Wie auch 
eine Anw eisung, durch einen Kurzern Weg als bisher ohne 
Pasfrung der Equinoctial-Linic nach China und Jai)an zu 
Kommen. Uebst einer genauen Erzehlung von dem unter- 
frangen des Heme von Salle auff die Gold-Minen zu St 
Barbe, imgleichen von der Groberung der Stadt Quebcck in 
Canada burch die Engellander. 

In Franzohscher Sprache beschreibcn, laid mit Cienehmhal- 
tung Sr Konigl Majest. von Gross Brittannien Wilhelm III. 
unterthanigst uberreichet von R. P. Ludovico Hennepin, 
Missionario der RecoUecten und Notario Apostol. Ins 
Teutsche uberserst von M. J. G Langen, Candid Theol. 

Bremen 

In verlegung Phil. Gottlr. Saurmans. 

1698. 

Dedicated to Einer Excelientz dem Herren Weippert Ludo- 
wig Pabricio, Einer Hochfurstl Durchl, zu Braunschweig und 
Limeburg, wureklich geheimbten Kathe, Vice Canzlern und 
Hochbetrauten Ministro. 

18^ dedication (4) (2.) (9.) (26.) 2 blank leaves. 288. Should 
have maps and plates. 

DUTCH. 1698. N. V. ^=- 

Engraved Title. Reyse door Nieuwe Ondecte Landen, 



57 

Printed Title. Aenmerckelycke Historische Reys Besch- 
ryvinge Door verscheyde Landen veel grooter als die van 
geheel Europa onlanghs ontdeckt. Beheisende een nauwkeu- 
rige Beschrijvinge van de gelegentheyd, natuur, en vrught- 
baerheyd, van't Zuyder, en Noorder geedelte van America ; 
mitsgaders de gedaente, aerd, manieren kledingen,en't geloove 
der talrijke Wilde Natien, aldaer woonende. Het beleg en 
verovennge van Ouebek, de Hooftstad van Canada, door de 
Engelschen. De gewigtige aenmerkingen op de onderneminge 
van de Heer de la Salle, op de Goud-Mijnen van St. Barbara, 
met veel meer andere waeragtige en seldsame geschiedenissen. 
En in't besonder de aenwijsingen om door een korten wegh son- 
der de Linie Equinoctiael te passeeren, na China en Japan te 
komen ; en de goote voordeelen die men hier door, als mede 
door de nieuwe Volckplantingen in dese vrughtbarre Landen 
sou Konncn trecken. AUes met een nette Kaert tot dese aen- 
wijsmge nodig, en kopere Platen verciert. Met Approbatie 
van Wilhelmus den III, Koningh van Groot-Britanie. En 
aan deselve sijne Majesteyt opgedragen door Lodewyck Hen- 
nepin, Missionaris Recollect, en Notaris Apostolick. 

Tot Utricht, By Anthony Schouten 1698. 

4° pp. (28) 142. Last page misprinted 242. (18.) 4 plates 
and map, " Carte d'un Nouveau Monde entre le Nouveau Mex- 
ique at la Mer Glaciale. Gasp. Bouttats fecit. 

FRENCH. 1698. N. D. * 

Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres grand Pays Situe dans 
I'Amerique entre Le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale, 
xA.vec les Cartes, et les Figures' necessaires, et de plus I'His- 
torie Naturelle et Morale, et les avantages qu'on en pent tirer 
par I'etablissment des Colonies. Le tout dedie Missionaire 
Recollect & Notaire Apostolique. A. Amsterdam, Chez 
Abraham van Someren. MDCXCVHI. 
12° pp. (70.) 506. Engraved title. 

ENGLISH. 1698. N. D. or Combination. 

A new Discovery of a Vast Country in America, extending 

above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New 



58 

Aiexico ; with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, 
Rivers, Plants, and Animals. Also, the manners. Customs 
and Languages of the several native Indians; and the advan- 
tage of Commerce with those different Nations. With a Con- 
tinuation, Giving an Account of the Attempts of the Sieur de 
la Salle upon the mines of St Barbe &c. 

The Taking of Quebec by the English ; with the Advan- 
tages of a Shorter Cut to China and Japan. Both parts illus- 
trated with maps, and Figures, and Dedicated to his Majesty 
K. William. By L. Hennepin now resident in Holland. To 
which are added Several New Discoveries in North America 
not publish'd in the French Edition. London, Printed for M. 
Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Man- 
ship. 1698. 

8°. Engraved and printed Titles, pp. (20) 299; pp. (32), 
178. (2). 2 maps, 7 plates. This is the first English Edition. 

ENGLLSH. 1698. N. D. Combination. * 

Similar Titles, with this difference. That H. Bon is im- 
printed on one line, and wick, follows on the next. 

8° pp. (20) 243. (32) 228. 2 maps, 7 plates. Apparently not 
a reprint of the preceding, as in the " Continuation," it reads : 
" Men ought to be satisfy 'd." Again, there are two Chapters 
numbered XXII. and this editi(3n has 585 pages. 

ENGLISH. 1698. N. D. Combination. 

Same title as first edition. Otherwise apparently as No. 2, 
but without the error in numbering of two chapters XXII. 

ENGLISH. 1699. N. D. Combination. 

Same title as first edition ; but the imprint reads, London, 
Printed for Henry Bonwicke, at the Red Lion, in Saint Paul's 
Church Yard 1699. 

8°. Engraved and printed Titles, pp. (20) 240. (24) 216. 
2 maps, 6 plates. 

In this edition the Continuation begins thus : " Reason 
ought to rule Men in all cases," etc. And on the title, reads 



59 

at the Red Lyon, etc., and without the error in numbering of 
chapter XXII. 

GERMAN. 1699. N. D. * 

Neue Entdeckung- vieler sehr grossen Landschaften in 
America zwischen Neu-Mexico und dem Eyss-Meer gelegen 
welche bishero denen Europdern noch ubekand gewesen und 
an Grosse ganz Europa ubertressen. Bie auch eine dollige 
Beschreidhung des erschchredlichen Wasser : Falles von Ni- 
agara, welcher der grosseste in der ganzen Welte ict, und des 
grossen Flusses Meischchappi, so in einer Lange von 800 
Meisstenburch diese Lander ilieffet, nemlich von bessen Uhr; 
sprung biss zu seiner: Ergieffung in den Golff von Mexico 
Imgleichen der wilden Einwoner Barbarischen Manieren und 
Lebens-Ahart, sambt vielen Seltenbeiten. 

Er Gross-Britannis, Maj. Wilhehn dem 111., in Frankosis. 

Sprache iiberrichet und beschriben von R. F. Ludovv Flenne- 

pin, Misonario Recollect & Notario Apostol. 

Ins Deutsche ubersetz buch. 

M. J. G. Langen C. Th. 

Mit-Land-CJiartcn und Kupffer Figuren. 

Bremen. 

In verlegung Philip Gottfr Saurmans, Buchh 1699. iS"*. 



SPANISH. 1699. N. D. ^ 

Relacion de un Pais que nuevamente se ha descubierto en 
la America Septentrional de mas estendido que es La Europa. 
Y que saca a luz en Castellano, debajo de la proteccion de el 
Ex'"°. Sr. Duque de el Infantado, Pastrana, &c., el Sargento 
General de Batalla Don Sebastian Fernandez de Medrano, 
Director de la Academia Real y Militar de el Exercito de los 
Paises Bajos. Emblem. 

En Brusselas, 

En Casa de Lamberto Marchant, 

Mercader de Libros. 

M. DC. XCIX. 



6o 

12° pp. (2.) dedication to Senr. Don Juan De Dios, etc. 
Prologo, pp. (4.) 86. Map and 2 plates, one armorial repre- 
sentation : the other representing Europe, Asia, Africa, and 
America by figures, supporting the globe, etc. 

DUTCH. 1699. N. D. * 

Nieuwe Ontdekkinge Van een groot Land, gelegen in 
America, tusschen nieuw Mexico en de Ys-Zee. Behelzende 
de gelegentheid der zelve nieuwe ontdekte Landen : de Riv- 
eren en groote Meeren in't zelve. En voor al van de groote 
Rivier Meschasipi genaamd. De Kolonien die men by de 
selve tot voor deel van dezen Staat, zo ten opzichte van den 
Koophandel, als tot verzekeringe der Spaansche Gond-Mijnen, 
zon Konnen oprechten. De uitneemende vruchtbaarheid 
van't Land ; overvloed der Visschen in den Rivieren. De 
gedaanten, imborst, geloove en oeffennigen der Wilden aldaar 
woonende. De vreemde Dieren in haare Bosschen en velden. 
Met een Korte aanmerkinge over de zo genaamde Straat 
Aniam ; en't middel om door een korteweg zonder de Linie 
^^quinoctiaal te passeeren, na China en Japan te Komen met 
veele curiense dingen meer. Alles met goede Kaarten tot 
deze aanwijzinge nodig, en met Kopere Plaaten vercierd. Met 
goed-vindinge van den Koning van Engeland Wilhelmus 
den III. In't licht gegeeven : En aan de Zelve zijne Ma- 
jestrit opgedraagen, door Lodewyk Hennepin, Missionaris 
Recollect en Notaris Apostoliek. Tot Amsterdam, by Abra- 
ham van Someren. 1699. 

4° pp (26) 220. (14). 2 maps, 2 plates. The map is entitled 
" Carte d'un tries grand pais. Chez A. van Somerin a Am- 
sterdam " Amerique Septentrionalis. I. V. Vianen, fecit. 

DUTCH. 1702. N. D. * 

Printed Title. Nieuwe Ontdekkinge in America Gedan 
Door L. Hennepin, t Amsterdam By Andries van Damme, 
Bockverkoper 1702. 

Printed Title. Nieuwe Ontdekking van een groot Land, 
gelegen in America, tusschen nieuw Mexico en de Ys-Zee. 



6i 

Behelzende degelegenheid der zelve nieuw ontdekte Landen, 
de Rivieren en groote Meeren, en voor al de groote River 
Meschasipi genaamd : de Colonien die men by de selve tot ver- 
zekeringe der Spaansche Gond-Mijnen, zon konnen oprechten : 
d'nitneemende vructhbaarheid van't Land : overvloed der 
Visschen in de Rivieren: gedaante, inborst, geloove, en oef- 
feningen der Wilden aldaar woonende : de vreeinde Dieren in 
haare Bosschen en Velden, &c. Met een korte aanmerkinge 
over de zo genaamde Straat Aniam ; en't middel om door een 
Korte vveg, zonder de Linie Equinoctial te passeeren, na 
China en Japan te komen. Alles met goede Kaarten tot deze 
aanwijzinge nodig, en met Kopere Plaaten vercierd. Door 
Lodewyk Hennepin, Missionaris Recollect en Notaris Apos- 
tolick. Benevens een Aanhangsel, behelzende een Reize door 
een Gedeelte van de Spaansche West-Indien, en een Verhaal 
van d'Expeditie der Franschen op Cartagena Door L. (ouis) 
de C. (apin). Emblem. Tot Amsterdam by Andries van 
Damme, Boekverkooper op't Rokkin bezyden de Beurs 1702. 
8° pp. (i I.) (13.) 220.(14). 2 maps, 2 plates. Annhangsel. 
I plan, 47. 

DUTCH. 1704. N. D. * 

Printed Title. Aenmerkelyke voyagie Gedaan na't Gede- 
elte van Noorder America, Behelzende een nieuwe ontdek- 
kinge van een seer groot Land, gelegen tusschen Nieuw 
Mexico en de Ys-Zee. Vervattende de gelegentheid der 
nieuw ontdekte Landen : de Rivieren en groote Meeren in't 
zelve. En voor al van de groote Rivier Meschasipi genaamd. 
De Kolonien die men by de selve tot voordeel van dezan 
Staat, zo ten opziehte van den Koophandel, als tot verzekeringe 
der Spaansche Gond-Mijnen, zon kunnen oprechten. De nit- 
nemende vruchtbaarheid van't Land : overvloed der Visschen 
in de Rivieren. De gedaanten, inborst, geloove en oeffennin- 
ofen der Wilden aldaar woonende. De vreemde Dieren in 
haare Bosschen en Velden. Met een Korte aanmerkinge over 
de zo genaamde Straat Aniam ; en't middel om door een 
korte weg : zonder de Linie Equinoctial te passeeren, na 



62 

China en Japan te komen met veele andere bysonderheden 
meer. Door Lodewyk Hennepin, Missionaris Recollect en 
Notarius Apostolick. Desen laatsten Druk is niet alleen ver- 
cierd, met noodige kaarten maar ook met verscheide Kopere 
Print-verbeeldingen, voyt te voorem soo gestcn. Emblem. 

Te Ley den, By Pietcr van der Aa. 1704. 

8° pp(8)(i2)2i9.{i3.) 

DUTCH. 1704. N. D. 

Aanmcrkelyke voyagie gedaan na't gedeelds van Noorder 
America, behelzende een nieuwe ontdekkinge van een seer 
grootland, gelegen tusschen Nicuvv-Mexico en de Ys-zee, &c. 
(Same as edition of 1704, with imprint of Pieter van der Aa.) 
Rotterdam: Barent Bos. 1704. 

12° pp (22) 200. (14). 2 maps, 6 plates. 

FRENCH. 1704. N. D. 

Voyage Curieux Du R. P. Louis Hennepin, Missionaire 
Recollect, & Notaire Apostolique, Qui contient line Nouvelle 
Decoiiverte D'un Tres-Grand Pays, situe dans TAmeriqiie, 
Entre le Nouveau Mexique & la Mer Glaciale, Avec Toutes 
les particLilaritez de ce Pays, tSi: les avantages qu'on en pent 
tirer par I'etablissment des Colonies, enrichi de Cartes & 
augmente de quelques figures entaille donee necessaries. 
Outre cela on a aussi ajoute ici un Voyage Qui contient une 
Relation exacte de I'Origine, Mouers, Coutumes, Religion, 
Guerres & Voyages des Caribes, Sauvages des Isles Antilles 
de I'Amerique, Faite par le Sieur De La Borde, Employe a la 
Conversion et des Caribes, Et tiree du Cabinet de M, Blon- 
del. A La Haye, Chez Jean Kitto, Maixhand Libraire, dens 
le Spuy-straet. 1704. 

i2mo. Two titles, one engraved, one printed, pp (32) 604. 
(32). 2 maps, 6 plates. 

FRENCH. 1704. N. D. * 

Same titles, with the imprint A Leide : Chez Pierre van der 
Aa. M D CC IV. 



63 

FRENCH. 1704. N. D. * 

Voyage 011 Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres grand pays, dans 
rAmerique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale. 
Par le R. P. Louis Hennepin, Avec toutes les particularitz de 
ce Pais, & de celui connu sons le nom de La Louisiane ; les 
advantages qu'on en pent tirer par I'etablissement des Colo- 
nies enrichie de Cartes Geographiques. Augmente de quel- 
ques figures en taille douce. Avec un voyage Qui contient 
une Relation exacte de TOrigine, Moeurs, Coutfimes, Religion, 
Guerres & Voyages des Caraibes, Sauvages des Isles Antilles 
de rAmerique, Faite par le Sieur de la Borde, Tiree du Cabi- 
net de Mousr Blondel. Emblem. A Amersterdam, chez 
Adriaan Braakman. MDCCIV. Marchand Libraire pr^s le 
Dam. 

I2°,pp(34) 604.(32) 493. Printed 293. 2 maps, engraved 
and printed titles, plates and maps. 

Besides the plates of the Falls of Niagara, the Buffalo, the 
Monstrance, takmg goods from a Cache, the view of the 
building of the " Griffon " appears for the first time, as an en- 
graving. Hennepin ends at page 516, and then the " Voyage 
qui Content," ending at page 604. 

FRENCH. 1711. N. D. * 

Voyages Curieux et Nouveaux de Messieurs Hennepin & 
De la Borde, Ou Ton voit une Description tres Particuliere, 
d'un Grand Pays dans I'Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, 
&. la Mer Glaciale, avec une Relation Curieuse des Caraibes 
Sauvages des Isles Antilles de I'Amerique, leurs Moeurs, 
Contemes, Religion cS:c. Le toute accompagne des Cartes & 
figures necessaires. Emblem. A Amsterdam, Aux depens de 
la Compagnie. MDCXL 

12°. Title oblong, and printed. Same misprint, 293 for 

493- 

FRENCH. 1712. N. D. * 

Voyage ou Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres grand Pais, dans 
I'Amerique entre la Nouveau Mexique et la Mer Glaciale. 



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Par R. P. Louis Hennepin. Avec touts les particularitez de 
ce Pais, & de celui connu sous le nom de la Louisian qu'on en 
peut tirer par I'etablissment des colonies enrichiedes cartes 
Geographiques. Augmente de quelques figures en taille 
douce avec un voyage qui contient une relation exacte de 
rOrigine, Moeurs, Coutumes, Religion, Guerres et voyages 
des Caraibes, Sauvages des Isles Antilles de I'Amerique. 
Faite par le Sieur de la Borde. Tirce du Cabinet de Mousr 
Blondel. Emblem. Amsterdam, chez Jacques Desbordes, 
Libraire vis-a-vis, la Grande Porte de la Bourse. 171 2. 

12°. Title, dedication (11.) avis an lecteur (13) table (9) pp 
604. Table de matieres 32. Map, 6 plates. 

GERMAN. 1720. N. D. * 

Aussfuhrliche Historische und Geographische Beschrei- 
bung dess am dem grossen Flusse Mississipi in Nord America 
gelengen herrlichen Landes Louisiana: In welches die neu- 
aufgerichtete Franzosieshe grosse Indianische Compagnie 
Colonien zu sebicken augesangen : worbed zugleich Reflex- 
ionen iiber die weitbinans schende Deffeins gedachter com- 
pagnie, und des darnber ent standen action. Handelserdffnet 
werden. 

Dritte auslag mit neuen Benlagen und Anmerchnugen per- 
mehner. Leipsiz 1720. 

12° pp (2) 80. Map of Lovisiana am Fluss Missisippi, with 
a cut of " Der Compagnie Wappen." 

FRENCH. 1720. N. D. * 

Relations de la Louisiane et du Fleuve Mississipi, ou Ton 
voit I'etat de ce grand Pais & les advantages qu'il peut pro- 
diure &c. 

A Amsterdam. Chez Jean Frederich Bernard. 
M D CC XX. 

ENGLISH. 1720. N. D. * 

A Discovery of a Large, Rich and Plentiful Country in the 
North America ; extending above 4000 Leagues. Wherein, 



65 

By a very short Passage, lately found out, thro' the Mcr-Bar. 
mejo into the South Sea; by which a considerable Trade 
might be carry'd on, as well in the Northern as the Southern 
Parts of America. London: F'rinted for W. Boreham, at 
the Angel in Pater-Noster Row. 

8° pp (2.) pp 24, then comes 17 to 22 inclusive. (2) list of 
new books by W. Boreham. 

FRENCH. 1720. L'A. * 

La Nouvelle France, on la description de la Louisiane, 
connue sous le nom de Mississipi, nouvellement decouverte par 
ordre dii Roy. Avec les meurs et la maniere de vivre des 
Sauvages, et les premieres habitations de nos Francois. A 
Paris. Chevelier Bon Reposa. 

12°. pp: 5-89-80. 

DUTCH. 1722. N. D. 

Nieuwe Ontdekking, van groote Lande in Amerika, tuss- 
chen Nieuw-Mexico en de Ys-Zee. (Same as the Edition of 
1702, to the word Capin.) Met Kaarten en Kopere Plaat. 
Amsterdam 1722. 4to. 

FRENCH. 1725. 

D'un Pays Plus grand qui I'Europe situe dans I'Amerique 
(Vol. 5, 3cl Ed.) 

Amsterdam. Chez Jean Frederich Bernard. 1725. 

FRENCH. 1727. N. D. * 

Decouvert d'un Pays plus grand que I'Europe, situe dans 
I'Amerique entre le Nouveau Mexique cS: la Mer Glaciale. 
Tome V. A Amsterdam Jean Frederich Bernard. 

12° pp (2.) 464 (10.) map. 

FRENCH. 1727. N. D. * 

Nouvelle Decouvert D'un Pays plus grand de I'Europe, 
situe dans I'Amerique. A Amsterdam, chez Jean Frederich 



66 

Bernard. Printed in Vol II. Garcilaso de la Vega, Historic 
des Incas. 

4° pp. 48. (3). 

FRENCH. 1734. N. V. 

Voyage en un Pays plus grand que I'Europe, entre la Mer 
Glacial & le Nouveau Mexique. Par le P. Hennepin ; Printed 
in Recuil de Voyages au Nord, contenant Divers Memoires 
tres utiles au commerce & a la Navigation. Tome V. Trois- 
ieme Edition augmente d'un Relation. 

A Amstei-dam chez Jean Frederich Bernard. 
MDCCXXXIV. 
12° pp. 197. 370. 

FRENCH. 1737. 
Same title, and published as N. D. of 1727. 

FRENCH. 1737 and 1738. 
Same title, and published as N. D. of 1727. 

GERMAN. 1739. N. D. 

Neue Reise Beschreibung nach America, und derer bisher 
noch unbekandten Lander und Volcker, vornemlich von der 
Landschafft Lovisiana. und den Sitten und Lebens Art der 
Wilden in selbiger Landschafft. Aus dem Franzcjsischen 
iibersetzt und mit Kupfern geziert. 

Niirnberg, Im \'erlag Christ. Fried. Fcisze. 1739- 

iS", pp 425. 2 maps. 

GERMAN. 1742. N. D. * 

Reisen und seltsahme Begebenheiten ; Oder sonderbare 
Entdeekung vieler sehr grossen Lander in America. Welche 
biszhero noch unbeckannt gewesen, und an Grosse gantz 
Europa iibertressen, aus dem Franzosischen iiberertzt. Mit 
Land-charten und Kupfern. 

Bremen, bey Nathanael Saurmann. 1742. 

18" pp (20) 382. 2 maps, and plate of the Falls of Niagara. 
Maps dated J3remen. 1698 and 1699, respectively. 



1804. 

Andrew Ellicott's Journal, pnblished in 1804. In the preface 
speaks of Hennepin and La Salle, also qnotes from the Lon- 
don edition of 1698. 

1812. 

In Maior Amos Stoddard's " Sketches of Louisiana," Phila. 
1 8 12, pp 15 to 24, in a historical description of Louisiana, 
gives extracts from Hennepin's work. 8vo. 

1820. * 

In volume I of " Archoelogia Americana," published at 
Worcester, Mass.. pp 61 to 104, inc., extracts are made from 
" New Voyage," etc., and is the first paper in the volume. 8vo. 

1834. 

A Manual for the use of Visitors to the Falls of Niagara, 
etc., by Joseph Wentworth Ingraham. Buffalo, X. V.» 
Charles Faxon. Pa. 18. 18". 

1835. 

A Guide to Travelers visiting the Falls of Niagara, b}' Ho- 
ratio A. Parsons. Pa. 52. 2d Edition. Buffalo, N. V., O. G. 
Steele. 18^. 

1836. 

The Book of Niagara Falls, by H. A. Parsons. Pa. 52. 3d 
Edition. Buffalo, N. Y., O. G. Steele. 18 = . 

1838. 

The Tourist, or pocket Manual for travelei'S, etc. New 
York. Pa. 56. I8^ 

1839. 
The Falls of Niagara, or travelers guide, etc., by Samuel 
De Vcaux. Buffalo, N. Y. Pa. 29. i8 = . 



6& 

1 840. * 
Steele's Book of Niagara Falls. Buffalo, N. Y., O. G. 

Steele. Pa. 54. 7th Edition. 18". 

1841. * 
The Travelers own Book, etc. Buffalo, N. Y. Faxon & 

Read. Pa. 113. 18°. 

1842. * 

Pictorial Guide to the Falls of Niagara, etc., by J. W. Orr. 
Buffalo, N. Y. Salisbury & Clapp. Pa. 201. 18°. 

1844. * 
Every Man his own Guide to the Falls of Niagara, by T. 

G. Hulett. 4th Edition. Buffalo, N. Y. Faxon & Co. Pa. 
II. 18°. 

1845. 
Pictorial Guide to the Falls of Niagara, etc , by J. VV. Orr. 
Buffalo, N. Y. Salisbury & Clapp. Pa. 201. 18°.' 

1845. * 
Description of Niagara, from various sources, etc., by Wil- 
liam Barham. Gravesend, England. Pa. 86. 4to. 

1845. * 

Travels in North America in the years 1841-42, by Charles 
Lyell, F. R. S. Vol. i. pa. 28. With a fac-similie view of the 
Falls, from edition of 1697. New York, Wiley & Putnam. 
12°. 

1848. * 

Steele's Book of Niagara Falls, etc. Buffalo, N. Y. Oliver 
G. Steele. Pa. 56. 12°. 



li 

Niagara, a Poem, by Rev. C. H. A. Bulkley. New York. 
Leavitt, Trow & Co. Pa. 136. 8°. 

1849. * 

Pioneer History of the Flolland Purchase, by O. Turner. 
Buffalo, N. Y. Pp. 134. 193. 4. 4to. 



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1850. 
Minnesota Historical Collections. Vol. i,pp. 302. 313. 4to. 

1850. * 
New Guide Book of Niao-ara Falls, for Strang-ers, by Geo. 

H. Ilackstaff (editor of the " Iris," of Nia^-ara). Nia^rara 
Falls, N. Y. Pa. 29. 12°. 

1851. ^ 
Louisiana, its Colonial Histor)- and Romance, bv Charles 

Gayarre. New York. Pp. 29. 35. 4to. 

1 85 I. * 

History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham 
Purchase, by (). Turner. Pp. 24. 29. 4to. 

1851. * 

New Guide Book of Niagara Falls, for Strangers, by Geo. 
H. Hackstaff (editor of the " Iris," of Niagara). Niagara 
Falls, N. Y. Pa. 29. 12 \ 

1851. * 

Peck's Tourist's Companion to Niagara, etc. Buffalo, N. Y. 
W. B. & C. E. Peck. Pa. 135. 12 ^ 

1852. * 
History of Buffalo, by Chas. P. Dwyer. Hall & Mooney. 

Pp. 11. 16. 8°. 

1852. * 

The Ontario & St. Lawrence Steam Boat Co.'s Hand Book 
for Travelers to Niagara, etc , by J. Van Cleve. Buffalo, N. 
Y. Jewett, Thomas & Co. Geo. H. Derby & Co. Pa. 59. 
12°.' 

1852. * 

Every Man his own Guide at Niagara Falls, by F. H. John- 
son. Buffalo, N. Y. Phinney & Co. Pa. 33. 12°. 



1852. * 

Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley, by 
John Gilmary Shea. New York. Redtield. 

Commencing- on page 107, ending on page 163, is the narra- 
tive of the voyage to the upper Mississippi, by Father Louis 
Hennepin, translated from his " Description de la Louisiane." 
Paris, 1683. 4to. 

1853. 
Every Man his own Guide at Niagara Falls, by F. H. John- 
son. Buffalo, N. Y. Phinney & Co. Pa. 33. 12^. 

1853.. 
Ilackstaff's New Guide Book of Niagara Falls. Niagara 
Falls, N. Y. W. E. Tunis & Co. Pa. 63'. 12°. 

1856. * 

A Guide for every Visitor to Niagara Falls, etc. Buffalo, 
N. Y., Phinney & Co. And Niagara Falls, A. H. Curtis. Pa. 
33- i2 = . 

1 862. * 
The History of Erie County, Pa., by Laura G. Sanford. 

Philadelphia, Pa. J. B. Lippincott c\: Co. Pp. 335. (10) 8°. 

1863. * 
Guide to Niagara Falls and its Scenery, etc., by F. H. John- 
son. Philadelphia, Pa. Geo. W. Childs. Pa. 28. 12°. 

1864. * 
Same title and observations. Pa. 28. 12°. 

1864. * 

" Buffalo and the Senecas," by William Ketchum. Vol. i, 
pp. 51. 68. 4to. 

1868. * 

The Falls of Niagara, being a complete guide, etc. Lon- 
don. T. Nelson (S: Sons. Pa. 6. 12°. 



71 

1869. * 
Tuiiis's Topot;;raphical and Pictorial Guide to Niagara Falls, 

etc. Detroit, JNIich., and Niagara Falls, N. Y. Pa. 64, 12°, 

1870. * 
Decouvertes et Etablissments de Cavelier De La Salle, De 

Rouen. Dans L'Amerique du Nord. (Lacs Ontario, Erie, 
Huron, Michigan, V^allees de I'Ohio et du Mississippi, et 
Texas.) Par Gabriel Gravier, Membre de la Societie de 
I'Historie de Normandie. Paris, Maisson neuve et cie, Li- 
braire Editeure 15 Quai Voltaire, 1870. 

Pp (4) (4) portrait de La Salle, his coat of arms. 2 plans pp 
356. (37.) (17.) and " Carte de la Louisiane." 4to. 

1871. * 
Guide to Niagara Falls, and its Scenery, by F. H. Johnson. 

Philadelphia. Geo. W. Childs. Pp. 27. 72. 12°. 

1872. * 
Niagara, its History and Geology, Incidents, Poetry, etc., 

by Geo. W. HoUey. New York. Sheldon & Co. Pa. 17. 12°. 

1872. * 

The Early Out-Posts of Wisconsin, by Daniel S. Durrie, 

Librarian State Historical Society. Paper read Dec. 26th. 
12 pp. Pamphlet. 

1874- 
Horner's Buffalo and Niagara Falls Guide, etc. Buffalo, 
N. Y. W. T. Horner, A. M. Pa. 6^:,. 12°. 

1874. * 

Tunis's Guide Book, Niagara, Montreal, etc. Detroit, 
Mich. VV. E. Tunis. Pa. 64. 12°. 

1876. * 

Centennial History of Erie County, New York, by Chris- 
field Johnson. Pp. 38. 44. 8°. 



1876. 

History of St. Paul, Minn., by J. Fletcher Williams. Pp. 

22. ^ ^. 8 ° . 

1878. 
A Popular History of the United States, by VVm. Cullen 
Bryant and Sidney Howard Gay. New York. Charles 
Scribner's Sons. Pp. 511-514, Hennepin and La Salle. Pa. 
511, fac-simile of the Griffon. 

1879. * 
Discovery and Conquests of the North-West, by Rufus 

Blanchard. Wheaton, 111. Pp. 24. 53. 8°. 

1880. * 
A Description of Louisiana, by Father Louis Hennepin, 

Recollect Missionary. Translated from the edition of 1683, 
and compared with the Nouvelle Decouverte, the La Salle 
documents, and other contemporaneous papers. By John 
Gilmary Shea. New York. John G. Shea. 

8° pp. 408. Map, fac-simile of title to edition of 1683. 
Fac-simile view of the Falls of Niagara, from the edition of 
1697. 

1880. * 

Bi-Centenary Celebration held at Saint Paul, Minn, Satur- 
day, July 3d. Oration delivered by Ex-Governor Cushman 
K Davis. Published in Sunday Globe, Vol. 3, No. 186, July 
4th. 8°. Pamphlet and newspaper. 

1880. 
Edward I ). Neill " Writings of Hennepin." A paper read 
before the Historical Society of Minnesota, in November. 

1880. 
In the " Deutsche Pioneer," August and October, by H. A. 
Rafferman. 



1880. * 

Special Report of the New York State Survey, on the 
Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, etc., by James 
T. Gardner, Director. March 22(1. Albany, N. \'. Assem- 
bly Doc. No. 86. 8°. 

1881. -^^ 

The Preservation of Niagara Falls, by Flenry Norman. 
New York. (Pa. 9, Hennepin.) Pamphlet. Pp. 39. 8^. 

1882. ^ 

Annals of Fort Mackinac, by Dwight II. Kelton, U. S. 
Army. Chicago. Fergus Printing C(j. P[). i i i. (27.) }}. 
37- i^"' 

1883. * 

Allen's Illustrated Guide to Niagara, by H. T. Allen. Bnl- 
lalo, N. Y. The Courier Co. Pa. 48 to 58. 12'. 

1883. 

Notes on Niagara. Illustrated. Chicago. R. Lespinasse, 
})ublisher. Pa. 21, Hennepin \'ie\v. 4(0. 

1884. * 

Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls. Chicago, 111. Rand, 
McNally & Co. Pa. 15. I2^ 

1885. * 

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls and Vi- 
cinity. Pa. II. 12^. 

1885. ^ 

Tugby's Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls, etc. Niagara 
Falls. Thomas Tugbv. Pa. 40. 12'. 



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1SS5. * 

The Great Cataiacl llliisliated, by R. Lespinassc. Chicago, 
111. Ci. \V. Ogilvie. V\k \(\ 1;, iS., with a lac-simile of Falls, 
li'oiu print ol i^J'jJ. 

i8cS5. * 

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls and VT- 
cinity. Niagara Falls, N. Y. Gazette Printing House. Pa. 
1 1, ij. I2^ 

F887. * 

The Historical Writings ol Orsamus H. Marshall. Albau}'. 
Joel Munsell's Sons. 8". 

1887. * 

Niagaia and Beyond. Michigan Central R. R. Co. Rand, 
McNally cV Co., Chicago, HI. Pj). 195. l^a. 103, Hennepin 
View. 4to. 

Tjavels in America. Ueni. Review, 5: 190, 381. 
(J. H. Perkins), N. Am., 48 : 70. 49: J58. 
(\V. F. Poole), Dial , i : 253. 

Never in Albany. Historical Magazine. 10: 268. ^ 

Wisconsin Historical Collections, i: 66. 3: 107, 108, 110, 
130. 6:181. 10 : 285, 286. * 

Folder issued bv the New York State Reservation, lor the 
use of Visitors to the Falls of Niagara. Hennepin's view 
and description. 

1 89 1 . * 

Niagara and Chautaucpia. Issued by the Western New 
York & Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Puffalo, N. Y. Illustrat- 
ed, Wenborne-Sumner Co. 12". 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LA SALLE. 



FRENCH. 1697. 

Dernieres decouvertes dans rAmenque scptentrionale de M 
de La Salle, Mises au jour par M Le Chevalier Tonti Gouv- 
erneur du Fort Saint Louis aux Illinois. Emblem. A Paris 
au Palais, chez Jean Guiguard. a I'entree de la Grand Salle, a 
I'image Saint Jean. M. DC LXXXXVIL Avec Privilege 
du Rov. 

Pp I. 2. 333. [5. 6. \2\ 

ENGLLSII. 1698. 

An accoimt of Monsieur de La Salle's last expedition and 
discoveries in North America. Presented t(j the French 
Kino- and published by Chevelier Tonti, Cxovernor of Fort 
Saint Louis in the Province of the Illinois. Made English 
from the Paris original. London, published for J. Tonson at 
the Judges Head, and S. Bucklv at the Dolpliin in Fleet 
Street, and E Knaplock at the Angel and Crown in Saint 
Pauls Church Yard. 1698. 

12°. pp 21 I. 44. 

FRENCIL 1713. . * 

journal Historicpie du dernier voyage cpie feu M.de la Sale 
sit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver I'enibourchure, iS: 
le cours de la Riviere de Missicipi, nomniee a present la Ri- 
viere de Saint Loiiis, qui traverse la Louisiane. 0(1 Ton voit 
I'Historie tragicpie de sa mort, tV plusieurs choses curieuses 
du nouveau niondc. Par Monsieur Jontel, I'nii des Compag- 



7^' 

nons dc ce Voyage, redige iS: mis cii ordre par Monsieur De 
Michel. Emblem. A Paris, chez Esticnne Robinot, Libraire, 
Quay Si attenant la Porte des (i rands Augustins, a I'Ange 
(iardien. M IJ C"C XIII. Avec Approbation tV Privilege 
du Roy. 

12°. Lecture ruid approbation (28) License to publish (3). 
Preface (10) 371 . Table(5.) Original large folding map, with 
a cut of the Falls of Niagara in the upper left hand corner. 

ENGLISH. 1714. * 

A Journal ol the last voyage performed by Monsr de la 
Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico, to find out the mouth of the 
Missisipi River ; containing an account ol the settlements he 
endeavour'd to make on the Coast of the aforesaid Bay, his 
unfortunate Death, and the Travels of his Companions for the 
S[)ace of Eight llundred Leagues across that Inland Countrx- 
of America, now call'd i^ouisiana, (and given by the King of 
France to M. Crozat,) till they came into Canada. 

Written in French by Monsieur Joutel, a Commander in 
that Expedition ; and Translated from the Edition just pub- 
lish'd at Paris, with an exact map of that \'ast Countr}^ and a 
Copy of the Letters Patents granted by the K. of France to 
M. Crozat. London, Printed for A. Bell at the CrossTveys 
and Bible in Ccjrnhill, B, Lintott at the CrossTveys in Fleet 
street, and .1. Baker in Pater-Noster Row, 1714. 

8vo. The hrench Bookseller to the reader and reply (21.) 
Preface (8.) .\dv to the l^ritish gentry (1.) Original map 
from the Paris edition, pp 205. Lidex (5.) 

1858. 
Voyages and enterprises pour feu M Robert Cavelier Sieur 
de la Salle, etc. A'Mante, De La Presse Cramoisy de Jean- 
marie Shea. Tianslation of same in Shea's Early Vo3'ages. 

Albany, 1S61 . Pp. 13, 42. 

1859- 
The Devil's Hole, with an acccnuit of a visit made to it in 
1679; b\' Robert Cavelier de la Salle, t(j which is added a 



71 

nieiiKjir of the lite of La Salle, 1)\' Nelson Colt. 4th Kditi(Jii- 
Niagara Citv. Printed hv N. T. Ilackstalf, at the Herald 

1879. * 

The Bnrsting of I'ierre Margry's La Salle Bubble, by John 
Cxilniary Shea. (Repiinteti from the New ^'ork Freeman's 
Journal.) New York. T. li. Sidebotham, ])rinter, 28 Beek- 
man St. Pamj)hlet. 24 pp. 

I S89. * 

Ceremonies attending the unveiling ol the Statue of 
Robert Cavalier de la Salle, at Lincoln Park, Chicago, Octo- 
ber 1 2th, 1889. Chicago, 111. Knight iV Leonard Co., Print- 
ers. 4to. j'p. 23. 

This monument was erected at Ihe expense of the lion. 
Lambert Tree, lale minister to Brussels and St. Petersburg. 

FRENCH. 1889. * 

Le Vieux Lachine et le Massacre du 5. Aout 1689. Con- 
ference donnee devant la paroisse de Lachine, le 6 Aout 1889. 
l^ar Desire Girouard, Conseil de la Reine, docteur en Droit, 
depute. Montreal Cie d'Imprimiere et de Lithographic 
Gebhardt. Berthiaume, No. 30, rue St Gabriel. Pp 76. II- 
lustated. 1889. Map. 

ENCiLISIT. 1890. -'^ 

Canadian Pen and Ink Sketches, by John T^raser. Montreal. 
Montreal (razette l^-inting Co. 1 89(X Pp. (i)(3) (2) 389. 

ENGLISH. 1890. * 

The vStory of Tonty, l)y Mary Hartwcll Catherwood. 
Chicago, 111. McClurg A: Co. Illustrated. Pp. 227. 

(R. II. Clarke.) Cath. World, 20: 690, "^y,. 

Account of American Indians. Mag. Am. His., 2: 238. 



7^ 

(E. Jacker.j Am. Cath. (Hiarterly, 3: 404. 

Mississippi. De Bow, 22: 13. 

Expedition of. (G. Ellis.) N. Am., 110: 260. 

Expedition ot. (F. Parkman.) N. Am. 125: 427. 

Exploration Miss. M. Am. His., 2: 551. 

Last Expedition. West. M., i : 507. 

Life of. (J. Sparks.) Sparks' Am. Bio<^., i i : i. 

Memoir to Frontenac, 1680. His. Mag., 5: 196. 

Rivers and Peoples Discovered by, 1681-2. M. Am. His., 
2 : 619. 

Settlement in Texas, site of. (J. G. Shea.) His. ^L, 14 : 308. 

Robert Cavelier. (G. Gravier.) M. Am. His., 8: 305. 

Did he discover the Mississi[)pi r" (P. Margry.) Am. Antiq. 
2 : 206. 

Did he discover the Mississippi? ^L Am. His., 8: 182. 

Did he discover tiie Mississi})pi befoie 1673? (H. H. Hurl- 
bert.) M. W. His., 5 : 438. 

Did he discover the Mississippi? (C. W. Butterfteld.) M. 
W. His., 5 : 51, 721. 

Discovery of the Ohio River, 1769-70. {C. Whittlesee.) 
M. \V. His.", 1:1. 

Memoir of. (H. IL Hurlbert.) M. Am. His., 8: 620. 

Wisconsin Hist(jrical Collections. Vol. i : 66. 3 : 107, 117, 
130. 5: 322. 6: 181. 9*: 1 10-112, 119. 10*: 284, 285, 289, 
321, 322. 11*: 15, 29, 33, 66, 178. 



POSTSCRIPT. 



Since the above has been put in type the undersigned has 
disposed of his entire Niagarana, which includes all works 
(| noted as being in his possession in the above list, besides 
views, maps, guide books, and other historical matter relating 
to the Falls and its vicinity, to Mr. Peter A. I^orter, of Niagara 
Falls, N. Y. 

It is with regret that he parts with his collection, for it has 
been to him a source of great enjoyment, and as an offset to 
the cares of business ; but he is compensated in a degree by 
knowing that it is ncnv in the hands of an enthusiast, and who 
is also a descendant of one of the first proprietors of the 
site of Niagara Falls, on the American side. 

As the writer and late owner is now free to express himsell, 
he assures the reader that, with the collection owned by Mr. 
Porter at time of purchasing, he has now, without exception, 
as far as the writer's knowledge extends, the most complete 
and unique collection of this kind in existence, and it is at 
the place where it properly belongs, and where it is to be 
hoped it will always remain. 

CYRUS K. REMINGTON, 

493 Prospect Avenue. 
Buffalo, N. Y., July 15th, 1S91. 



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